What’s a union to do about inadequate contract language when members are taking it on the chin? That’s the problem confronting SAG-AFTRA: some television studios are holding actors under contract on unpaid “hiatus” during the pandemic rather than paying them as per force majeure provisions. That’s because 2009 revisions to the SAG TV Agreement made the entire force majeure concept arguably optional.
SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Storyline Online Sees Viewership Triple During Pandemic
24.04.2020 - 22:28 / deadline.com
By David Robb
Labor Editor
With every kid in the country being home-schooled, business is booming for Storyline Online, SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s children’s literacy website, which streams free videos of well-known actors reading aloud from children’s books.
“We’ve seen a major spike in traffic to our site, video views and activity guide downloads,” SAG-AFTRA Foundation president Courtney B. Vance told Deadline. “During peak learning hours in the COVID-19 pandemic, we are often receiving over
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