Cheyenne Jackson Launches One Job Away Campaign Around SAG-AFTRA’s $28,090 Insurance Threshold
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 28
Cheyenne Jackson Launches One Job Away Campaign Around SAG-AFTRA’s $28,090 Insurance Threshold
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 28
Summary
Cheyenne Jackson has started “One Job Away,” an Instagram campaign highlighting actors who need one more screen role to qualify for SAG-AFTRA health insurance.
Using his nearly 750,000 followers, Jackson is posting headshots, biographies and the exact dollar gap each performer must close to reach this year’s $28,090 earnings threshold.
Jackson said the idea came after an uncredited role on “Matlock,” secured with help from Kathy Bates, paid enough last year to restore his own union health coverage.
The push targets producers, directors, casting agents and stars at a time when fewer TV orders, post-Covid audience shifts and the lingering effects of the 2023 writers’ and actors’ strikes have left many working actors short of jobs.