Report: SAG-AFTRA Expulsion ‘Would Send a Loud, Clear Message’ for Companies to Blacklist TrumpDavid Ng 29 Jan 2021
As former president Donald Trump awaits possible disciplinary action from Hollywood’s actors union, a new report states that an expulsion from the guild would hurt any media projects that the former president hopes to launch.
Trump is facing possible expulsion from SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood’s largest labor union that represents thousands of screen actors and TV journalists. The guild is reportedly contemplating expelling Trump over the Capitol Hill riots as well as his criticism of the mainstream media, which union leaders claim represents “actual harm†to its broadcast journalist members.
The Hollywood Reporter noted that an expulsion would make Trump a pariah in the media world. “I think expulsion would send a loud, clear message to SAG-AFTRA companies to consider not engaging him,†attorney Ivy Kagan Bierman told the trade magazine.
Most major Hollywood studios and networks are guild signatories. Trump hasn’t announced any future projects since leaving the White House, but pundits have long pushed the theory that he will launch some kind of media venture.
Trump has been a SAG-AFTRA member for decades, having starred in NBC’s The Apprentice and several TV commercials. The Reporter noted that Trump is now a resident of Florida, which is a right-to-work state that can’t force union membership as a pre-condition to employment.
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