CENTRAL CASTING & EXTRAS MANAGEMENT CENTRAL CASTING AND EXTRAS MANAGEMENT CONTROL MAJORITY OF UNION JOBS AND CHARGE FOR ACCESS TO JOBS WHILE SAG/AFTRA UNION DOES NOTHING TO STOP IT? burbank, California

I'm writing this report to highlight the monopoly that Central Casting and Extras Management among other calling services have on the UNION and NON UNION background work in Film and T.V. 
I had an impeccable work record flawless for over 3 years with Central and Extras Management, I am even a SAG/AFTRA union member yet I was terminated from central for one cancellation which I even called in days prior to be removed from the call and was told by a Central representative that I was taken off the call with no problem. Only to find out several weeks later that I was terminated from Central for this cancellation. I was not allowed any response to the termination, I was allowed to view my work records but not allowed to copy them or take a picture of my records. I noticed that the dates on all of my records had been tampered with and were completely incorrect. This leads me to believe they were doing something illegal between Extras Management and Central Casting.  Once I was terminated from Central Casting I received no more UNION background work for months, until I managed to book myself occasionally through other casting companies, but my background UNION work has gone from an extra 6,000 dollars a year to about $600 if I'm lucky and of course no health insurance time now. I'm pretty much out of the club yet I'M A UNION MEMBER? How is it that CENTRAL CASTING holds more sway over a UNION MEMBER working than the UNION he/she is a part of.  I also attended a SAG/AFTRA background meeting and there were many other actors who were furious about the treatment they receive from CENTRAL CASTING and how little if no help they receive from the Union. They were also enraged about the fact that we have to pay calling services so much money to gain access to the work. This is an outrage and something is going to be done about it. Please connect with other actors and write to the Los Angeles District Attorney and lets open up the work to more SAG/AFTRA members.

Central casting has a monopoly on the UNION and NON-UNION work in FILM AND T.V. in Los Angeles. If you are terminated from their company you immediately lose access to over 80% of the background work in town.  Actors have to pay calling services 60-80 dollars a month just to have access to jobs with no guarantee they will get work. If you don't pay these companies you will not get UNION WORK. PERIOD. SAG/AFTRA can not help and or refuse to help. 

The city attorney won't do anything for what reason we don't know?

It's very well known that Central Casting treats it's people like dirt as do all the calling services, ask any background actor. Central Casting even treats it's Union actors like dirt, across the board, Union actors are not protected by the SAG/AFTRA union from being terminated from Central Casting and thereby losing 80% of their work. This is ridiculous, what help is the UNION?

Please anyone with any experience or advise please contact me. I know many actors who would file a complaint and corroborate what I have disclosed in this report. 

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