They did hire the Squad for SWTOR. Although that was developed in the US and not Canada, not sure if that makes a difference
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @aguyuno
Anyway, why would unions lead to the same five people always getting hired? It's not like you always see the same construction companies in union states or whatever, the point isn't to be anticompetitive
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @aguyuno
It is to a degree, the whole point is it means if you want to hire from the union you can *only* hire from the union, so it's a binary choice
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Replying to @arthur_affect @aguyuno
I take it the reason people don't join the union is bc they have to charge more then? In any case I can't imagine Joe McUnion the VA who is just getting started but joined the union gets paid the same rate as Nolan North, so it's still a financial cost to hire the big names?
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It's the catch 22 of to get the union you have to work on a bunch of shows, and for animation (voice work) almost all of it is union. If you're an established union voice actor, you'll get continual work.
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Every animated show I work on will end up having voice actors from other shows I've worked on. You see the same stable of people over and over.
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I don't quite get it. I know some professional groups that do some union like roles, like the Science Fiction Writers of America, require x (roles/publications) to get in, but if it's a closed union shop how can that even work?
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It's just the way it is. Like for screen actors you have to put in so many hours on non-union shows before you apply for your SAG card. Same thing for IATSE for crew.
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That's weird, I thought the union maintained non-union stuff was bad and to be boycotted (like in a moral sense, not just by their workers)? Like this came up with voice actors, bc of the LiS: Before the Storm issue
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @ashleylynch and
LiS: BtS was noteworthy for recasting a character to specifically avoid using union talent, when bankrolled by a massive publisher that could afford it. One of the quirks is non-union extras etc usually get better treatment when working union gigs, so union evasion is a red flag
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Right, speaking generally the easiest pathway to getting SAG-AFTRA membership is having worked as a non-union "background actor" on three union gigs
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
Yeah, I had a friend who nearly fainted with joy when she finally got her three SAG tickets and qualified membership due to being upgraded from "generic extra" to "noted extra identifiable in particular shots"
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