Sag strike updates

We need all our members to show up, speak up, and stand up against BBH and their destructive action. We are now on strike against BBH. Members must stand together and refuse all work for the company. If you discover BBH is involved with a commercial covered by another signatory, please inform us as soon as possible at adsgounion sagaftra. Do not accept work under these circumstances without first speaking to the union. Publicis Groupe is a multinational communications and marketing company that owns several ad agencies, including BBH.

Digitas, Moxie, etc. Our dispute is only with BBH. Any existing work performed for BBH prior to the strike is not impacted. You may continue to accept residual payments. If you believe you are not being paid appropriately, you can file a claim with the union.

During the strike, members may not renew or reinstate any previously produced BBH commercial. Members must notify their talent agents that their BBH commercials may not be used beyond the maximum period of use and that they refuse to allow reinstatement of any BBH commercial. If you have agreed to non-covered work such as print, you may honor existing commitments at the time the strike was called to do this non-covered work. Due to social distancing, there are no in-person meetings currently scheduled.

Please check back for upcoming virtual events. Local President Jane Austin, and L. It also is uncertain whether three-fourths of guild members would support a strike. Not only are many still recovering from the effects of the day writers strike, which stretched from November-February, but film production across the country — which had been booming because of generous state tax incentives — has slowed in regions outside of Hollywood because of the stalled contract talks.

Additionally, in the recent election, members voted out many board members who sit on the negotiating committee, including its chair David Jolliffe, in favor of the challenging faction, Unite for Strength. The members of the negotiating committee, however, remained unchanged because technically they still are in negotiations on a new contract. SAG made a counteroffer that was rejected.

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