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Good for her. What's the point of a strike if you are giving out waivers? You have already shown that you won't Hold out.
Smaller studios that do agree with new contracts shouldn't be punished because the big guys don't want to budge. A21 already has a temporary agreement, they should be rewarded for their compromises, not refused to work with after they worked with them.
I thought they only gave waivers to productions that were sufficiently independent that they didn't have a majority SAG presence. So pulling out basically puts that production at risk of shutting down and means hard working people won't get paid. That's cool, at least she has solidarity. 🙄
No, lots of indie productions have gotten waivers for complying pre-emptively with all of SAG-AFTRA and the WGAs demands. Both unions have said that supporting these productions is good because it proves that the big players could easily play ball if they wanted to.
It's not clear exactly why Davis is taking this stance, although it seems like maybe she objects to the fact that the project is backed by Amazon, even though it's from an independent studio. Silverman's comments, on the other hand, definitely seem somewhat ill-informed and I think she might want to speak to her union some more before opening up about this, because she's clearly not on the same page as union leadership.
In general, when it comes to any strike, if an article is quoting a few select members of a union rather the union leadership, it's probably an attempt to make the union look bad. In any collective agreement you'll always find a few individuals who don't agree, or just don't get it.
I think when it comes to both her and Sarah Silverman, they don't completely understand the strike, its rules, and how everything works lol
That's certainly the impression I'm getting. It really feels like they should have had a much more extensive conversation with their union leadership before going out and kicking over the tables like this.