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Hello Folks,

So after I wrote an article about Union Vs. Non-Union one of my readers ( Lisa Junco ) pointed out to me the fact that there was a third option called Financial Core. I had heard the term before but like I said in my previous article that before I started looking into this matter I had very little knowledge of it. Why would I? There is no need or possibility at present for me to be part of these organizations so why waste my money and time.

But for people that this information is relevant to here is a wikipedia page about financial core .

Here is a most interesting exert from that page:

Most significantly, this financial core definition of the minimum union dues required to get and/or keep employment under a compulsory union contract allows objecting union members to withhold that portion of their compulsory union dues that the union spends on any political activities, campaigns or causes. By resigning full constitutional membership in their labor union and declaring themselves financial core workers citing the Beck ruling, financial core members are termed dues-paying-non-members . They keep their union jobs and all union benefits. However, since they are no longer constitutional members of the labor union, they are free from any union internal rules and regulations governing full constitutional members. They can not hold union elected office nor can they even vote on the union contract they support financially. ruling, financial core members are termed

Now Here is the part Relevant to fellow Voice Actors :

The primary impact of the financial core issue has been in the acting industry. By joining the Screen Actors Guild or American Federation of Television and Radio Artists as a financial core member, an actor can pursue work in states such as California, where union membership is a prerequisite to work in the industry. Full members of these unions are prohibited from working non-union jobs, but financial core members are not restricted by the rules of the unions and so may work either union or non-union jobs. When working a union job, they would receive the same benefits as full constitutional members. Similarly, in the Writers Guild of America , financial core members are able to remain working during labor strikes.

But I decided to keep digging and found this doozy of a negative propaganda presentation on the Screen Actors Guild website called:

Get The Facts about Fi-Core : http://www.sag.org/getthefacts/index.html

… surprisingly SAG calls fi-core paying members :

• Fi-Core/FPNM are viewed as scabs or anti-union by SAG members, directors, and writers—most of whom also belong to entertainment unions
  

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