An expulsion would be a message to the industry: Consider not engaging him.
SAG-AFTRA hasn’t expelled a member since its merger nearly a decade ago, and before that neither union had done it since 2002. While most disciplinary hearings contemplating other severe penalties involve violations of Global Rule 1 the restriction against working on non-union projects it’s a threat to members’ safety that has prompted the organization to take such a step now. On Jan. 19, the union disclosed that its National Board voted “overwhelmingly” that a member Donald Trump should face expulsion in a disciplinary hearing for alleged violations of the organization’s constitution.
29 Jan 2021
As former president Donald Trump awaits possible disciplinary action from Hollywood’s actors union, a new report states that an expulsion from the guild would hurt any media projects that the former president hopes to launch.
Trump is facing possible expulsion from SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood’s largest labor union that represents thousands of screen actors and TV journalists. The guild is reportedly contemplating expelling Trump over the Capitol Hill riots as well as his criticism of the mainstream media, which union leaders claim represents “actual harm” to its broadcast journalist members.
The Hollywood Reporternoted that an expulsion would make Trump a pariah in the media world. “I think expulsion would send a loud, clear message to SAG-AFTRA companies to consider not engaging him,” attorney Ivy Kagan Bierman told the trade magazine.