The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists is “relieved” over the tentative deal reached by its sister SAG-AFTRA union with the AMPTP, representing major Hollywood studios and streamers.
“We’ve been following SAG-AFTRA’s negotiations closely. Their issues are the same as our issues. Their fight is our fight,” Eleanor Noble, Actra national president, said in a statement. The Hollywood actors strike officially ended at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. On Friday, the deal will go to the union’s national board for approval, ahead of a union ratification vote.
“We look forward to learning the details of the tentative agreement with the AMPTP,” Noble added as the U.S. deal, reached after a 118-day strike, could set the pattern for future Canadian writer-producer contract renewal talks.
Actra called its members out on strike in early 2007 after talks with North American producers on a new Canadian labor deal stumbled...
“We’ve been following SAG-AFTRA’s negotiations closely. Their issues are the same as our issues. Their fight is our fight,” Eleanor Noble, Actra national president, said in a statement. The Hollywood actors strike officially ended at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. On Friday, the deal will go to the union’s national board for approval, ahead of a union ratification vote.
“We look forward to learning the details of the tentative agreement with the AMPTP,” Noble added as the U.S. deal, reached after a 118-day strike, could set the pattern for future Canadian writer-producer contract renewal talks.
Actra called its members out on strike in early 2007 after talks with North American producers on a new Canadian labor deal stumbled...
- 11/9/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Around 300 Canadian union members held a rally Friday outside the Toronto offices of Amazon and Apple to support the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strikes stateside.
“The challenges we’re facing are the same ones Actra is facing now. It’s a battle against corporate greed and an economic system that rewards corporate leaders for cutting costs, wreaking havoc on our communities and destroying the livelihoods of countless hard-working individuals,” Law and Order: Svu alum and SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles vp Michelle Hurd told the Toronto rally organized by Actra, the Canadian actors union representing around 28,000 performers countrywide, except in British Columbia.
SAG-AFTRA has been on strike since July 14, and the Writers Guild of America began its labor action May 2. Also attending the Toronto rally was NCIS actor Lauren Holly, who is both an Actra and SAG-AFTRA card holder and who touted the need for unity among North American unions.
“The challenges we’re facing are the same ones Actra is facing now. It’s a battle against corporate greed and an economic system that rewards corporate leaders for cutting costs, wreaking havoc on our communities and destroying the livelihoods of countless hard-working individuals,” Law and Order: Svu alum and SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles vp Michelle Hurd told the Toronto rally organized by Actra, the Canadian actors union representing around 28,000 performers countrywide, except in British Columbia.
SAG-AFTRA has been on strike since July 14, and the Writers Guild of America began its labor action May 2. Also attending the Toronto rally was NCIS actor Lauren Holly, who is both an Actra and SAG-AFTRA card holder and who touted the need for unity among North American unions.
- 8/25/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screen Producers Australia, an Australian guild, moved quickly on Friday to explain that wholly local film and TV productions, even if they involve Screen Actors Guild members, can continue to roll despite the SAG-AFTRA strike notice and order, which has been in place since midnight Pacific time.
The English-speaking country has an oversize production and post-production sector, with much of it set up to service inbound foreign productions, sometimes known as “runaway productions.”
Strike orders “will apply to some scripted TV and feature films produced in Australia. Spa anticipates that a limited number of scripted ‘offshore’ (i.e. non-Australian) productions will be affected by the strike, with cast and crew stood down while the strike continues,” the Spa notice says.
The “Mortal Kombat 2” movie and the “Apples Never Fall” series appear to be the highest profile productions where work in Australia is halted.
Australian media reported that production...
The English-speaking country has an oversize production and post-production sector, with much of it set up to service inbound foreign productions, sometimes known as “runaway productions.”
Strike orders “will apply to some scripted TV and feature films produced in Australia. Spa anticipates that a limited number of scripted ‘offshore’ (i.e. non-Australian) productions will be affected by the strike, with cast and crew stood down while the strike continues,” the Spa notice says.
The “Mortal Kombat 2” movie and the “Apples Never Fall” series appear to be the highest profile productions where work in Australia is halted.
Australian media reported that production...
- 7/14/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Moments after SAG-AFTRA leaders declared that the union was going on strike, fellow entertainment unions began issuing statements of solidarity.
The Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May 2, pledged support to the actors, while noting that members of both unions have already been supporting each other on the picket lines.
Additionally, the WGA highlighted the benefit of the two unions working together. During the last “double strike” in 1960, the guild noted that both parties won gains in residuals, pension and health funds.
This time, both unions have shared interests at the negotiating table involving residuals, the use of artificial intelligence and more.
“The AMPTP has proven unwilling to meet the justifiable demands of actors and writers at the bargaining table in 2023. We stand solidly behind our union siblings in SAG-AFTRA as they begin their work stoppage. The last time both of our unions struck at the same time,...
The Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May 2, pledged support to the actors, while noting that members of both unions have already been supporting each other on the picket lines.
Additionally, the WGA highlighted the benefit of the two unions working together. During the last “double strike” in 1960, the guild noted that both parties won gains in residuals, pension and health funds.
This time, both unions have shared interests at the negotiating table involving residuals, the use of artificial intelligence and more.
“The AMPTP has proven unwilling to meet the justifiable demands of actors and writers at the bargaining table in 2023. We stand solidly behind our union siblings in SAG-AFTRA as they begin their work stoppage. The last time both of our unions struck at the same time,...
- 7/13/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Canadian actors have settled an arbitration case to get makeup artists and hairstylists on predominantly white film sets trained in how to style hair or do makeup for performers of color, including those who are Black and Indigenous.
Actra, the country’s actors union, last year filed a grievance against the Canadian Media Producers Association, representing English-language indie producers, and the Association Québécoise de la Production Médiatique, their French-language counterparts.
With mainly white casts, Actra argued Bipoc performers were long denied hair and makeup people who know what they’re doing when it comes to working with natural hair textures and darker skin tones. The case was heard over two days by arbitrator William Kaplan before a settlement was reached.
The settlement calls for recommended products and equipment so hair and makeup artists on film sets can make Bipoc castmembers look and feel the way they want before the cameras roll on their characters,...
Actra, the country’s actors union, last year filed a grievance against the Canadian Media Producers Association, representing English-language indie producers, and the Association Québécoise de la Production Médiatique, their French-language counterparts.
With mainly white casts, Actra argued Bipoc performers were long denied hair and makeup people who know what they’re doing when it comes to working with natural hair textures and darker skin tones. The case was heard over two days by arbitrator William Kaplan before a settlement was reached.
The settlement calls for recommended products and equipment so hair and makeup artists on film sets can make Bipoc castmembers look and feel the way they want before the cameras roll on their characters,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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