Code. Since Labor Code limits agent commissions to 20%, some actors filing charges have received restitution and monetary penalties from offending talent agents. In the nonunion arena, however, FiCore performers don't have access to the union's contract enforcement or the union's legal team meaning all attorney costs and legal fees are their own responsibility. Whatever the reason, few FiCore and nonunion actors protest the often illegal 40% commissions. With these downsides for performers, most professional performers stick with the union for fair wages, benefits, and protections that go with it. In fact, as of 2020 only 1.56% of performers affiliated with SAG-AFTRA elected FiCore status. In recent years, SAG-AFTRA has stepped up its educational campaign to share the upside of union work and the pitfalls of working in commercials without union protections. Part of the educational outreach was the launch of the Ads Go Union campaign that visits improv comedy houses and nonunion commercial sets. A grassroots group of SAG-AFTRA performers calling themselves Union Working—many members recognizable from memorable union TV campaigns—banded together to educate performers on the drawbacks of FiCore nonunion ads. Union Working has produced videos highlighting the advantages and importance of union work and the downside of FiCore. The videos have included some high-profile SAG-AFTRA members. Some of the pro union videos include proud SAG-AFTRA members; Jon Hamm, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons, Eric Stonestreet, George Lopez, Marion Ross, Nick Offerman, Mindy Sterling, Zoey Deutch, Mayim Bialik, Dermot Mulroney, and more. WGA and Financial Core The Writers Guild of America takes an aggressive stance against writers who choose Financial Core status to help corporations in their effort to weaken the WGA. At one time, then-WGA West president Patric Verrone and his then-WGA East counterpart, Michael Winship, put out a joint statement naming members who chose to break solidarity by claiming Financial Core status as writers "who consciously and selfishly decided to place their own narrow interests over the greater good.” References External links Global Rule One: SAG-AFTRA Answers and Questions About Financial Core Double Dipping Lawsuit: Court Requires Agent to Refund Illegal 40% Commissions Writers Guild of America, West Non-Member "Financial Core Status" Policy Statement How SAG's Failed Negotiations with Talent Agents Left Rank & File on the Cutting Room Floor United States federal labor legislation