Were talking about basic American rights here.
You have a right to work and get paid for it, and you should have healthcare.
This is not bone-breaking from a monetary point of view.
Executive producer Lorenzo di BonaventuraJerod Harris/Getty Images
But its a huge step for the emerging producers.
Studio overall deals are becoming rare, and those who dont have one have to just hang on.
Not to mention, the lack of healthcare.
Protesters walk the picket line at Paramount Studios last year during the SAG-AFTRA strike.Michael Buckner/Getty Images
Small wonder they liken themselves to wildcatters, those who drill and only get rich when they strike oil.
Even if they hit the geyser, producer residuals have been capped.
Of course, the latter is on everyones mind after the tragedy ofRust.
So why dont the producers have the muscle of a union behind them?
Its not for lack of trying.
That situation no longer exists, but the PGA was denied another attempt to unionize in 1983.
Producers United hopes to avoid that and persuade the bosses that these reforms will be best for their business.
One particularly intriguing part of this is that these producers should have allies among the studio chiefs.
After all, it is inevitable they will eventually be former studio chiefs.
