What is the Union Standards Clause?
The Union Standards Clause requires that signatory producers not utilize commercials or footage from other productions that have not been done under union contract. The union will grant a waiver in this regard if the producer can demonstrate that the non-union performers have been or will receive substantially the same wages and other economic benefits that would have been paid if the production had been done under union contract. Needless to say, this section assumes the producer has also obtained the appropriate legal rights and clearances for use of the material regardless of whether the footage was or was not done under union contract.
