Oscar Night

As I sit down to watch the Oscars I wonder if any of the awardees will mention the Employee Free Choice Act. With the dramatic increase in reality television and web content I think it would be wise for SAGs top-paid actors to keep in mind that “a rising tide raises all ships” and use the format to advocate for the right of writers and talent (and I use that term very lightly) to organize into unions via cardcheck if they so choose. And why not use the show to advocate for the Act? After the Guild’s vote yesterday to reject the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ most recent and regressive take-it-or-leave-it offer, it is a reminder their union sisters and brothers in the audience and the viewers at home all need.

~ by jenniferbadgley on February 23, 2009.