Members Soapsuds Posted June 7, 2023 Members Share Posted June 7, 2023 https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/abc/will-soap-opera-actors-strike-next 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted June 8, 2023 Members Share Posted June 8, 2023 Doubtful https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2022/06/sag-aftra-board-approves-tentative-network-television-code-soaps-talk-shows-more 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted June 14, 2023 Members Share Posted June 14, 2023 @Errol I know this is most likely not true, but what are your thoughts? Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted June 14, 2023 Members Share Posted June 14, 2023 I think it's possible they intend to retain the fi-core writers and that's what this person is thinking of. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmaster Errol Posted June 14, 2023 Webmaster Share Posted June 14, 2023 I can only say that GH and all of the other soaps have extensive pre-written scripts that will allow them to withstand this strike far longer than they did the last strike before "scab" writers were eventually utilized. As for shutting down GH, I guess I gotta get in my car and drive down to Prospect... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted June 14, 2023 Members Share Posted June 14, 2023 Thanks @Errol Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted June 14, 2023 Members Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) It's a shame they had to get that little dig in at GH still being on the air, which has nothing to do with the point they're trying to make. It's that longevity which for many years helped keep the TV industry going. Edited June 14, 2023 by DRW50 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted June 14, 2023 Members Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) I'm used to people not paying any attention to the ins and outs of daytime. Just keep stunting for clout, girl. She'll never correct it of course. Edited June 14, 2023 by Vee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted June 14, 2023 Members Share Posted June 14, 2023 well looked at her imdb and the only thing I saw she was in was Super 8 she seems to write, direct & act in alot of her own creations I find it funny that GH has been taping all along and now WGA gets them to shut down I dont think she has any ide what she is talking about 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted June 14, 2023 Members Share Posted June 14, 2023 I don't care about her credentials or who she is. She's just wrong on the facts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted June 14, 2023 Members Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) oh 100% You'd think someone in the WGA would know what Fi-Core status is Writers with Fi-core status are not scabs. Its an option that WGA allows it members. It still makes them pay dues. WGA still gives them benefits. Fi-core can write during strikes They cannot vote on WGA matters or hold WGA office. If WGA is so aganist Fi-core, why offer it? Edited June 14, 2023 by John 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted June 14, 2023 Members Share Posted June 14, 2023 I'm not a fan of fi-core status. I consider it close enough to scabbing. But I understand why some longtime soap writers have done it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted June 14, 2023 Members Share Posted June 14, 2023 Im indifferent My thing is , if WGA has an issue with writers using that option, why give it as an option? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wingwalker Posted June 15, 2023 Members Share Posted June 15, 2023 WGA, doesn't have a choice. A 1963 Supreme Court ruling established that workers can not be compelled to join a union as a condition of employment, but they still can be compelled to pay their share of dues aka Fi-Core. Any business that is unionized, a worker can chose to go Fi-Core if they want to. We just hear about it mostly with the entertainment industry. In fact that original SCOTUS ruling was a case between General Motors vs the UAW. If unions had their way, that SCOTUS ruling would be overturned and going Fi-Core wouldn't be allowed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmaster Errol Posted June 15, 2023 Webmaster Share Posted June 15, 2023 To still make money (dues still being paid) while penalizing the members so that others don't think about doing it, too (I.e. consequences). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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