Friday, February 02, 2007

STRIKE! STRIIIIIKKKKE!

... ahem.

Craig Mazin --

FUCKING STRIKE YOU LUDDITE FUCKERS STRIKE!

-- Craig Mazin, as a very smart Guy Who Understands Contracts has put up a primer for newbie writers on our upcoming contract negotiations. How our union works, negotiates with the Studios, a quick explanation of the magnificently awful residuals deal we get, etc. I particularly like this part ...

Not much. We lose our protection against a lockout, and certain grievance provisions go away, but other than that, our 2004 contract remains in effect. The idea of working past the deadline is simple: we try and get closer to the expiration of the SAG contract (June 2008), and then we use their strike threat as leverage to get us both a good deal on internet downloads.

The danger of waiting?

The DGA could always leapfrog the WGA and SAG and make an early deal (which they did in 2004) ...
... what a nice way of saying the DGA screwed us. The man is nothing if not tactful. Then again, our fault for not nutting up when we should have.

My feelings aside, well worth the read.

My feelings not aside -- I could give shit that I'm now on the daily call sheet, and I have to be included in publicity. I don't want special-ed style gestures of respect, I want that goddam money that's in residuals, because frankly what's now defined as "residuals" are going to be the primary source of income for all writers from now on. A better "residuals" deal is well worth a long, multi-year strike. We should be behaving and planning, right now, for a multi-year strike. Start saving your pennies.

45 comments:

Anonymous said...

...I believe the correct expression is:"couldn't give a shit"

Wil Wheaton said...

Wait.

On the call sheet and in publicity?

That is what your negotiators got you?

Wow. And I thought we sucked.

As a longtime SAG member, former board of directors guy and contract negotiator, I can't repeat it enough: RESIDUALS RESIDUALS RESIDUALS RESIDUALS.

You are fucked without your residuals, and you should be rightfully insulted when these jokers at the AMPTP tell you that they're going to include you on the call sheet, like that matters at all in any meaningful way.

Well, unless you can tear that little bit off the call sheet and give it to your landlord at the beginning of the month.

This reminds me of something that happened to me when I was negotiating a TNG contract: the show was doing VERY well, and all of us in the cast got together and decided we were going to ask for a raise, which seemed entirely reasonable and fair.

The producers told my agent that they wouldn't give me a raise, but would give my character a promotion to Lieutenant, instead.

"What do you want me to tell them?" My agent asked me.

"Tell them it's a fucking television show," I said.

(RESIDUALS)

Anonymous said...

Wil,

BRILLIANT!!

Anonymous said...

Wil: I don't know about using it to pay the rent... but, man, you should never have to buy a drink or lunch again with a story like that in your arsenal.

NBarnes said...

I have waited my life to hear Wesley Crusher use the word 'fucked' like that.

I am in nerd heaven.

(I know that I'm late to this party)

Geoff Thorne said...

Word.

Lindsay Stewart said...

pity the poor producers. having to pay people. so sad. as a member of actra toronto (canada's sag) we are presently on strike. the contract negotiations were pretty much doomed from the outset. production wanted a 25% cut in pay, putting an end to all residuals and no income to performers from the internet. given that the distribution model is moving more and more toward online, that's a pretty snotty demand.

they also want things like multiple episode days from background. background players used to be paid by the episode on the day. if production wanted to cram more than one episode worth of background into a day, they were paid a day rate per episode. apparently some shows were doing this anyway. they'd call up a huge group of background players and shoot as many as six episodes worth of bg. all the while the poor bg is shuffled through endless wardrobe, held in crappy conditions with minimal food and treated like human cargo.

ah the glamour.

Dennis Mickley said...

Wil, that's a spectacular story.

In other news, I will be remaining a fledgling screenwriter, a dedicated member of the strike, and above all, doing my absolute utmost to marry rich.

Thanks Will.

Anonymous said...

Link luv and my support:


Writers Guild Of America: Stop Being Pussies! STRIKE!

Anonymous said...

If I can butt in again: Remember Alice Kramden!

>>>[Audrey Meadows] was the only one of the Honeymooners cast, which debuted in 1955, whose contract called for residuals for TV re-runs and episode sales for her entire life.

Alice/Audrey

The Meadows Effect?
The Audrey Clause?

Whaledawg said...

Luddite?

Anonymous said...

It's not a real strike 'til somebody gets whomped with an axe handle.

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This is all erroneous what you're writing.

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