The best way to protect assistants is by encouraging employers to keep them on the payroll wherever possible, write PayUpHollywood founder Liz Alper and screenwriter John August
In October 2019, John and his co-host Craig Mazin started talking about the problem of low assistant pay on thepodcast. Listeners sent in stories of unpaid overtime, blithe bosses, and having to cover writers’ lunch bills.
Meanwhile, TV writers Liz and her co-founder Deirdre Mangan had created the hashtag #PayUpHollywood to build awareness surrounding the struggles of Hollywood support staff. The hashtag turned acknowledgement into activism; at a town hall in November,and #PayUpHollywood spoke with legal and political advisors on the best ways to effect change. Following up, we surveyed assistants to find out how much they were really making versus what they needed.
There were small rays of hope. Showrunners like Carina Adly Mackenzie were giving extra financial assistance to their support staffs out of pocket and taking care of them in other ways. But many assistants desperately needed relief and found there was nothing for them. with the goal of raising $100,000 to offer support staffers who qualified for a modest stipend: a one-time payment of $450 for those eligible for unemployment, or $900 for those who weren’t.
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