Editing Screen Actors Guild (section)

== Financial core ==
[[Financial core]], or ''Fi-Core'', was a payment to the union to allow someone to work in a union environment without being a member of the union. The concept was defined in 1963 by Supreme Court case ''Labor Board v. General Motors''<ref name="ficoreInfo">{{cite web |title=FiCore Information |publisher=Fi-Core.com |url=http://www.ficore.com/info.html |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205080539/http://www.ficore.com/info.html |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and clarified for the communications industry in 1988 via ''[[Communications Workers of America v. Beck]]''.

Approximately 96% of normal union dues were paid to make an actor a Financial Core member of the SAG,<ref name="ficoreInfo"/><ref name="bizparentz">{{cite web|title=Fi-Core FAQ by Bizparentz.com|url=http://www.bizparentz.org/ficorefaq.html|access-date=November 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616074341/http://www.bizparentz.org/ficorefaq.html|archive-date=June 16, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> and Financial Core members were not permitted to "represent themselves as Screen Actors Guild members".<ref name="sagaftraFiCore">{{cite web |title=Get The Facts About Financial Core |url=http://www.sagaftra.org/get-facts-about-financial-core |access-date=June 26, 2014}}</ref> Additionally, the Screen Actors Guild said "Fi-Core/FPNM are viewed as scabs ... by SAG members, directors, and writers—most of whom also belong to entertainment unions".<ref name="sagaftraFiCore"/> This statement was met with skepticism by some.<ref name="ficoreInfo"/><ref name="laniMinella">{{cite web |title=Lani Minella on Fi-Core |url=http://blogs.voices.com/voxdaily/2008/07/financial_core_vs_union.html |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113204751/http://blogs.voices.com/voxdaily/2008/07/financial_core_vs_union.html |archive-date=November 13, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Former SAG President [[Charlton Heston]] was apparently a supporter of Fi-Core.<ref name="laniMinella"/><ref name="daveCourvoisier">{{cite web |title=Dave Courvoisier on Fi-Core |date=4 April 2008 |url=http://www.courvo.biz/2008/04/for-those-interestedjust-a-bit-more-on-fi-core.html |access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref><ref name="ficoreResources">{{cite web |title=Fi-Core.com - Resources |url=http://www.ficore.com/resources.html |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308043517/http://www.ficore.com/resources.html |archive-date=March 8, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="pirromount">{{cite web |title=Mark Pirro on Fi-Core |date=19 April 2012 |url=http://pirromount.com/how-to-go-financial-core/ |access-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021200310/http://pirromount.com/how-to-go-financial-core/ |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>