Our Voice Now

Normally I post blogs based on the political scene, and I suppose in some way this is political.

 As a member of SAG I have been in limbo since June.  No new projects have come into my city because films have not wanted to risk being in the middle of filming should the Screen Actors Guild go on strike - completely understandable.  However, our President, Alan Rosenberg, has done nothing more than be a stubborn, arrogant negotiator who is refusing to budge based on his pride.

It all started last year when the Writers Guild was heading into negotiations.  Rosenberg went on about how all unions must unite and if the Writers went on strike we would support them.  He was, however, hoping they would hold out until SAG’s contract was up in June.  Well, the writers did go on strike and that didn’t work out too well.  The soon settled.  It was then the Directors turn next.  They settled almost immediately - no strike called for.  Then AFTRA, who also settled right away.  Which all made Mr. Rosenberg look pretty stupid.  When our contract came up in June, he laid down the demands and has since refused to concede on everything - despite the economy.

Just today SAG members received an email stating that we will be receiving our ballots regarding striking in December and that we are not to believe the ‘media hype’ because they are lying and we are only to trust what is told to us in SAG emails.  Gee, wonder why that sounds familiar… oh yeah, because we, as Americans, were told the same thing by the Bush Administration when a few of us were questioning his actions in planning to invade Iraq.

 Alan Rosenberg may consider himself a left-wing liberal who despises everything Bush does and stands for but in this situation Alan Rosenberg is no different than George W. Bush… both full of arrogance and pride and thinking of themselves above anyone else.  It’s a bit funny how extremists on both sides end up being exactly the same.