1) Take away the right to anonymous ballots in voting for leadership.

2) Consistently vote in left wing leadership that supports only left wing political candidates who vote for “tax and spend” policies that destroy the very business we are all in.

3) Take away a major benefit that most non-union members would join the union for in the first place: health care.

Well, there you go. It’s as easy as that. Does this sound crazy? Out there? Never happen in a million years? Well, it’s happening right now all around us and what are we going to do about it? This concerns all of us in the entertainment field for sure, left and right. I don’t care where you stand in the Union/Non Union arena, if we don’t take action we will all be non-union like it or not. Follow me here… (more…)

I’m a member of two performing arts unions. I pay dues to two organizations that actively support efforts to influence producers to hire fewer actors of my gender and race. They also spend millions of my dollars supporting candidates and issues which are anathema to me. Here’s the latest example: The first letter below was sent out to all AFTRA members urging them to send this form letter supporting Card Check to their representatives in Congress. They urged us to customize the letter so it wouldn’t look so “form,” so I did! I don’t think my letter is what they had in mind. I urge all SAG and AFTRA members who are readers here to do the same. (more…)