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SAGAFTRA.org | Fall 2014 | SAG-AFTRA 55 Other red flags could include: • The employer attempting to "buy out" future overtime and other penalties. It should be noted that the collective bargaining agreement sets limits on the amount that may be bought out. • Particularly on radio, being asked to provide endorsements or personal appearances without additional pay. • Anything that may violate the National Labor Relations Act. Sound confusing? Union staff is available to help review the documents and should — even if a broadcaster's agent has already seen it. Members need to call their local office before they sign, said Assistant Executive Director of the SAG-AFTRA Washington-Mid Atlantic Local and Senior Broadcast Counsel Anee Raulerson. "Reps will do individual PSC review," she said. "A lot of agents don't know what's in the CBA. Provisions may be in the PSC that you're already getting in the CBA. SAG-AFTRA staff will tell you what you should know from a union perspective and what you need to know in terms of industry trends. Are you getting what you think you're getting?" If there's one thing PSCs do well, it's highlighting the importance of the collective bargaining agreement and its role setting minimum standards for members. That's particularly important when corporations decide they want to add new duties to workers' jobs. "One of the points I made frequently when NBC was trying to get reporters to shoot their own video was that — because of the CBA — the company had to come to us — the union — to talk about that change," said Krebs. "It had to sit down with us, across the table, and negotiate, first, whether reporters would shoot their own video, and, second, if so, what would be the rules — the terms and conditions — under which we would do so. The company could not, by fiat, announce that we would now start carrying cameras. The collective bargaining agreement guarantees that we, the members, have to be part of the process — that we have a say — a strong voice — in what happens to us in our workplace." One final word of advice: Many broadcasters and their agents or lawyers mistakenly believe that when a personal services contract is not renewed, the member is not entitled to SAG-AFTRA severance. This is not the case, said Washington-Mid Atlantic Local Executive Director Pat O'Donnell, who has more than 30 years of experience with broadcast contract negotiations and PSCs. "If a personal services contract is not renewed, you are entitled to the SAG-AFTRA severance under the union contract. This can be a substantial amount of money," she said. "Severance for a network television correspondent under the union agreement can be as high as $245,000 after 15 or more years of employment. Don't leave money on the table. Call your SAG-AFTRA broadcast rep." SAG-AFTRA mAGAzine: Fall 2014 issue Version 3 FinAL - SUB 4C - Half Page Horizontal (7.5" x 4.90625" non Bleed) Client: music Box Films Agency Contact: Callan Advertising 818.841.3284 x126 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Agata Kulesza BEST ACTRESS Agata Trzebuchowska a film by PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI F O R Y O U R C O N S I D E R A T I O N "A powerful, poignant story with FINE, INTEllIGENT PERFORmANCES." - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian "A mASTERPIECE." - David Denby, The New Yorker © S o u t h p o r t M u S i c B o x c o r p o r at i o n MUSICBOXFILM.COM/IDA FACEBOOK.COM/MUSICBOXFILMS