Does SAG have some NEW policy?
Yes. A new policy at SAG took affect on June 14, 2007. The policy is a change in the reinstatement policy for all terminated members (this means it would apply to Fi-core, or terminated members who left for other reasons). This change represents a huge shift in how financial core workers are viewed if and when they want to re-join the union. Basically, now the presumption of SAG is that going financial core (or resigning for any reason) is a PERMANENT decision. They assume that you will never want to come back, and thus you can never re-join the union. If you do want to be reinstated, they will make you jump through some significant hoops, and even then reinstatement might not be granted. If you want to be reinstated to union membership, you must request a waiver of the new policy. Then you will need to attend a face-to-face meeting with the Disciplinary Review Committee aka the DRC (made up of members, celebrities, and elected board members). At that hearing they will ask you to provi
