Amid the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, one of the most pressing issues being discussed is residuals — the payments actors receive for reruns and subsequent airings of their work.
LOS ANGELES — Amid the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, one of the most pressing issues the unions are discussing are residual payments
The SAG-AFTRA strike, alongside the Writer's Guild of America's strike, sheds light on the challenges faced by actors in the entertainment industry. "There are some actors — few — who make a ridiculous amount of money," Huertas said. "But there are a lot of actors who work paycheck to paycheck.""I have been working in the industry for 30 years. But, you know, I can say that 15 of those years was what would look like steady employment to someone on the outside," Huertas explained. "We rely on residuals to keep us afloat during the lean years.
"Health care is off and on every year for us. So it's very difficult to make that threshold every year if you're not consistently working all the time," Sung said.
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