The Unified Union

The Unified Union

Did I mention I recently joined AFTRA? No? Well, I did. I feel crappy about it…but that’s because my father is turning over in his grave.  I just know it. He taught me that unions were bad business.  I mean… the lessons were  ingrained.  Drilled-in....

Optimal Timing

Not to beat a dead horse, but this SAG/AFTRA merger keeps banging around in my head, and it seems to me there might be some advantageous moves here if this is something you’re considering. At the end of the month, members of both unions are voting on this merger...

Will It Matter?

Apparently, hell HAS frozen over, pigs DO fly, and SAG will merge with AFTRA. They even announced it on TV, so it must be true! Do you know what a Venn Diagram is?  Two separate populations overlap (depicted by circles), showing the commonality of the two groups. This...
Murky Merger Murmurs

Murky Merger Murmurs

The neat freak inside me wants the proposed SAG/AFTRA merger to succeed.  I dislike wasteful duplication, gratuitous redundancy, and top-heavy bureaucracies. I’ve been told talk of a merger has been around about as long as the proposal for a high-speed train...