Actor-Preneur

The Screen Actors Guild made notice
to members who file for “financial core” status won’t be let back in barring
unusual circumstances, which now include filing a appeal for reinstatement, listing
all non-union work performed since the resignation and appearing before a disciplinary
committee.

The stringent policy stems from Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
leaders increasing concern over the issue of “fi-core,” under which actors resign
their SAG membership and withhold the dues spent by SAG on political activities
but can still work on union jobs.

SAG director Todd Amorde stated to Variety, “Individuals who make the choice to quit their union cannot expect to be allowed back in without the union asking some questions about why they quit and what sort of work they were doing,”. “Making
the decision to resign affects not just the member who resigns but our entire
union membership and our collective ability to enforce existing contracts and
to organize more SAG covered work.

The Screen Actors Guild stated members who have resigned before June 13th can
apply for reinstatement under the guild’s less-stringent reinstatement process
but must apply to do so by the end of year.