Debates

If You Could Give a Newbie Stand-In One Instruction, What Instruction Would That Be?

By |2021-05-07T11:35:29-04:00May 12th, 2021|Ask Stand-In Central, Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, Lessons, Polls, Recommendations, Stand-In 101, Tips, Tricks|

The Coronavirus, and Automatic Hazard Pay for Stand-Ins: An Update from the Front

By |2020-10-21T22:24:49-04:00October 21st, 2020|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Lessons, Principles, Recommendations, Terminology, Tips, Tricks|

The Coronavirus, and Liability Waivers, Part II: More Insights on How Productions Are Trying to Get Talent to Sign COVID Releases and Assumption of Risk Waivers

By |2020-07-29T12:08:05-04:00July 29th, 2020|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Lessons, Multi-Part Post, Principles, Recommendations, Stories, Terminology, Tips, Tricks|

The Coronavirus, and Voting No: Why Stand-In Central Strongly Encourages Stand-Ins to Vote No on SAG-AFTRA’s Tentative TV/Theatrical Agreement

By |2020-07-08T22:26:02-04:00July 8th, 2020|Ask Stand-In Central, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Lessons, Polls, Recommendations|

The Coronavirus, and Automatic Hazard Pay for Stand-Ins: Arguments That Pandemic Work Is Presumptively Hazardous and Unusual

By |2022-03-30T15:17:54-04:00June 24th, 2020|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Lessons, Principles, Recommendations, Terminology, Tips, Tricks|

The Coronavirus, and Questions STILL Linger about SAG-AFTRA Stand-In Vulnerabilities: Did Anyone Hear Our Cries?

By |2020-07-06T09:25:38-04:00June 17th, 2020|Ask Stand-In Central, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In Culture, In the News, Lessons, Recommendations, Stand-In 101, Stories, Terminology, Tips|

The Coronavirus, Assumption of Risk, and Liability Waivers: What Stand-Ins Need to Beware in the Return to Work

By |2020-07-29T12:09:46-04:00June 10th, 2020|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In Culture, In the News, Lessons, Multi-Part Post, Principles, Recommendations, Terminology, Tips|

The Coronavirus, and One General Recommendation for Stand-Ins from the Industry-Wide Task Force: Will There Be More Than Just This One?

By |2020-07-06T09:56:42-04:00June 3rd, 2020|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, In Culture, In the News, Lessons, Principles, Recommendations, Tips|

The Coronavirus, and Lingering Questions Since Last Week’s Open Letter to Dr. Jonathan E. Fielding of SAG-AFTRA’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Safety: Will Stand-Ins Continue to Have Their Concerns Ignored?

By |2020-07-06T09:39:04-04:00May 27th, 2020|Ask Stand-In Central, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In Culture, In the News, Lessons, Recommendations, Stand-In 101, Stories, Terminology, Tips|

The Coronavirus, and An Open Letter to Dr. Jonathan E. Fielding of SAG-AFTRA’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Safety: On Vulnerabilities Unique to Stand-Ins on Set, and Possible Solutions to Consider

By |2020-07-06T09:27:02-04:00May 20th, 2020|Ask Stand-In Central, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In Culture, In the News, Lessons, Recommendations, Stand-In 101, Terminology, Tips|

The Coronavirus, and The Potential Invasion of Stand-In Work Jurisdiction: Violations, How SAG-AFTRA Will Enforce, and “The Teamsters Question”

By |2020-07-06T09:40:19-04:00April 29th, 2020|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial|

The Coronavirus, and Forgetting about Stand-Ins in the Discussion of Health and Safety Protocols: Are Unions Only Thinking about Actors?

By |2020-07-06T09:41:58-04:00April 22nd, 2020|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Recommendations, Tips|

The Coronavirus, the AMPTP & SAG-AFTRA: On the NLRB and the Duty to Bargain during an Emergency

By |2020-07-06T09:57:24-04:00April 15th, 2020|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Lessons, Principles, Stories, Terminology, Tips, Tricks|

The Coronavirus, and How This Will Actually Go When TV & Films Go Back to Work (From the Stand-In Perspective)

By |2020-07-06T09:57:54-04:00April 8th, 2020|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In Culture, In the News, Stories, Tips|

“Don’t F🖐cking Touch Me”: On “Handling,” How It Injures Stand-Ins, SAG-AFTRA Protections, and Why Handling Stand-Ins Must Stop

By |2021-07-25T09:23:38-04:00February 19th, 2020|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In Culture, Lessons, Stories, Terminology, Tips|

The Many, Many Reasons (and Benefits) for Providing Prelims and Callsheets for All Stand-Ins (Even Day-Playing Stand-Ins!)

By |2020-02-10T15:04:41-05:00February 12th, 2020|Concepts, Debates, Editorial, Lessons, Recommendations, Tricks|

The Contract Says You Have 30 Days to File a Claim, So Why Does SAG-AFTRA’s Claim Inquiry Form Say You Have Only 25 Days?

By |2019-07-29T12:22:55-04:00July 31st, 2019|Concepts, Debates, Lessons|

Editorial: The Insulting Use of Celebrities as SAG-AFTRA Negotiates the 2019 Commercials Contract, and How Stand-Ins React to the “Feeding the Families” Argument

By |2019-02-06T22:32:45-05:00February 6th, 2019|Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Stories, Video|