No. Boycotting, because of his support for minimum wage stagnancy, would not be attributed to one person. It is a belief held by many people, who can be on both sides of the political spectrum. But being that I was in one of his movies and I was paid no overtime for what the FSLA initially states as "time and a half after 8 hours" and his production not following that, is what makes me boycott him.
Every movie that is made has ethics to include overtime pay after 8 hours (they do not actually have to); but majority of them do. The only law that has to be fulfilled is to pay at least minimum wage for all hours worked. Then again, we all know the minimum wage has not been raised for years and other prices are starting to climb. There is an obvious discrepancy that is being overlooked. So because the ethics are not inline with what the rest of the industry is doing, I am boycotting his movies.
What surprised me is in Georgia, where the movie industry is starting to become big, even they are paying their extras overtime after 8 hours. The funny thing is, there is no Union there, so they should not have to. Even more surprising is that Georgia does not have an actual minimum wage and so then, it would actually have to go off the federal, $7.25. Still, you will find that they still pay $64/8 and overtime, if you ever consider doing extra work down there.
$64/8 use to be off CA old minimum wage in 2012. That is why it is $8/hr. and overtime would be 1.5x that (in case you were wondering) what that meant.
reply
share