{"id":2004715,"date":"2023-08-18T11:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mptf-president-calls-hollywood-crew-forgotten-casualties-of-strike-at-risk-of-losing-their-homes-their-cars\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T11:10:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:10:18","slug":"mptf-president-calls-hollywood-crew-forgotten-casualties-of-strike-at-risk-of-losing-their-homes-their-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mptf-president-calls-hollywood-crew-forgotten-casualties-of-strike-at-risk-of-losing-their-homes-their-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"MPTF President labels Hollywood crew as &#8216;neglected victims&#8217; of strike, facing potential homelessness and car loss."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmptf-president-calls-hollywood-crew-forgotten-casualties-of-strike-at-risk-of-losing-their-homes-their-cars%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2004715&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Devastating Effects of Strikes in Hollywood<\/h2>\n<p>The president and CEO of the Motion Picture &#038; Television \u2064Fund (MPTF) warned that the ongoing\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>strikes<\/strong><\/a>  in\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hollywood<\/strong><\/a>  are having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">devastating effects<\/a> on non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-blasted-for-huge-funds-reopening-schools\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Blasted For Huge Funds Reopening Schools\">-union members<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mptf-president-calls-hollywood-crew-forgotten-casualties-of-strike-at-risk-of-losing-their-homes-their-cars\/\" title=\"MPTF President labels Hollywood crew as 'neglected victims' of strike, facing potential homelessness and car loss.\">including stage\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-and-rescue-teams-at-site-of-indonesian-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Search and rescue teams at site of Indonesian plane crash\">crew members<\/a><\/a> who have \u200cbeen living \u201cpaycheck to paycheck.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThese strikes \u2062are having an absolutely awful and devastating impact on the non-striking industry workforce, most especially our below-the-line crews. They are the hardest-working and lowest-paid members of our community,\u201d the letter said in\u2063 part, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/mptf-president-support-hollywood-crew-members-strikes-1235568435\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Hollywood \u2062Reporter<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cThey are, quite simply, the backbone\u200c of our industry, \u200dthe folks who make it all come together and get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bob Beitcher,\u200c the president and CEO\u200c of MPTF, posted an open letter \u200dto the industry urging the community to donate \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-justice-department-scraps-investigation-into-yales-discriminatory-admissions-process\/\" title=\"Biden Justice Department Scraps Investigation Into Yale\u2019s Discriminatory Admissions Process\">financial assistance<\/a>\u201d to aid this particular group as the WGA and\u2062 SAG-AFTRA strikes drag on,\u200c causing a complete \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>industry<\/strong><\/a>  shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to accuse the Hollywood community of \u201cnot doing enough\u201d to support these individuals who often \u200c\u201clive paycheck to paycheck \u2062and depend on this industry for their livelihood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have become the forgotten casualties during these strikes, \u200coverlooked by the media. \u2063Let\u2019s face it, actors and writers make better subjects for \u200dstrike stories; and now \u200dcrew members are not getting the philanthropic support they\u2019ve earned and deserve,\u201d the letter states.<\/p>\n<p>Beitcher said he\u2019s been receiving over \u201c500-1,000 calls a week\u201d and that \u2064they are\u2063 mostly from the crew community regarding financial assistance.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1692367770357000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0PjvCHmf-6JEmNrv3nGxwO\">CLICK\u2064 HERE\u2062 TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur crews \u2062are at risk of losing their homes, their cars, their ability to pay\u200d utility or medical\u2064 bills, to pay \u2062the caregivers for parents\u200b or disabled children, and they more than any other group need the financial support from successful\u200d community\u200b members who know and appreciate what they mean to \u2063the film and television production enterprise,\u201d the letter continued.<\/p>\n<h3>The \u200bPotential End to the Strike<\/h3>\n<p>The Alliance\u2062 of Motion\u2062 Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and WGA have been\u2063 meeting and are rumored to be coming closer to an agreement which would end the strike, which has \u2064now been\u2064 going strong for over 100 days. Some of the issues\u200c the WGA has on the table\u2062 are discussions about pay raises, compensation based on residuals from streaming, parameters\u2063 around the \u200cuse of artificial intelligence, and mandated minimums for the writers\u2019\u200d room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MPTF president cautioned that Hollywood strikes are severely impacting non-union members, particularly stage crew living paycheck to paycheck. Bob Beitcher&#8217;s open letter implored the industry to provide &#8220;financial assistance&#8221; to alleviate the dire situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2004716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}