Many Background Performers Feel Left Out Of Pay Equity & MeToo Movements: “Sexual Harassment Was Part Of The Job”
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deadline.comIn the new era of pay equity and #MeToo, few workers in the film and TV industry have less of it than background performers.SAG-AFTRA says that pre-pandemic, 15% of its 160,000 members “typically worked background in a given year, which dropped to only 11% last year,” down from about 24,000 a year to just 17,600 in 2020.
They earn union pay and benefits but often work alongside non-union extras who do exactly the same work for a lot less pay and no benefits – the very definition of pay inequity.And many background actors complain of mistreatment on the set.
Since the rise of the #MeToo movement, more than three years ago, SAG-AFTRA has taken numerous measures to combat sexual harassment in the workplace, but many background performers feel
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