Common use of Principal Performers Clause in Contracts

Principal Performers. The Union is recognized by Producer as the exclusive bargaining agent for all principal performers (including actors, narrators, announcers, singers, specialty dancers, specialty acts, puppeteers, stunt performers, and pilots) as described in Section 6, Persons Covered, employed by Producer for commercials, as the term “commercials” is defined in Section 4, within the scope of this Contract as provided in subsection A of Section 5, Scope of Contract. Compensation to principal performers in commercials is based both on the services which the principal performer renders in the production of such commercials and on the use which is made of the finished commercial in which the principal performer has rendered services. This dual basis of compensation springs from the unique nature of the services rendered by principal performers in commercials. The Union contended that a principal performer rendering services in a commercial performs, to a great extent, the duties of a demonstrator or salesperson of a particular product or service and as such, tends to be identified with that particular product or service. The Union also contended that this identification increases proportionately with the continued utilization of a commercial. The Union further contended that advertisers and their agencies seldom approve the employment of a principal performer who has become identified with another product or service, especially if the product or service is competitive. These conditions and practices tend to reduce opportunities for further employment in this field. The Producer, realizing the singular nature of this kind of service and that the reuse of a commercial may limit or curtail further employment opportunities for the principal performers appearing in the commercial, has agreed to this unique method of compensation.

Principal Performers. The Union is recognized by Producer as the exclusive bargaining agent for all principal performers (including actors, narrators, announcers, singers, specialty dancers, specialty acts, puppeteers, stunt performers, and pilots) as described in Section 6, Persons Covered, employed by Producer for commercials, as the term “commercials” is defined in Section 4, within the scope of this Contract as provided in subsection A of Section 5, Scope of Contract. Compensation to principal performers in commercials is based both on the services which the principal performer renders in the production of such commercials and on the use which is made of the finished commercial in which the principal performer has rendered services. This dual basis of compensation springs from the unique nature of the services rendered by principal performers in commercials. The Union contended that a principal performer rendering services in a commercial performs, to a great extent, the duties of a demonstrator or salesperson of a particular product or service and as such, tends to be identified with that particular product or service. The Union also contended that this identification increases proportionately with the continued utilization telecasting of a commercial. The Union further contended that advertisers and their agencies seldom approve the employment of a principal performer who has become identified with another product or service, especially if the product or service is competitive. These conditions and practices tend to reduce opportunities for further employment in this field. The Producer, realizing the singular nature of this kind of service and that the reuse of a commercial may limit or curtail further employment opportunities for the principal performers appearing in the commercial, has agreed to this unique method of compensation.