ACTRA and the IPA
Question:
just wanted to know if there are any Canadian actors who have an opinion on the upcoming threat to strike here , and if others in any other unions have comments on the situation in Canada right now / my first post to the group
Response:
Hello ncmstjo, Regarding the potential ACTRA strike. The threat is very REAL. I recently attended the ACTRA general members meeting on June 7th, which was called for the sole purpose of discussing the IPA negotiations. I have never seen the membership so resolved and so united. They are even more determined than in the last round of IPA negotiations in 1995. As fearful as we are of a strike, we realize that what the producers are proposing is completely unacceptable to us, and we are willing to walk out if necessary. There will be a lot of people hurt by a strike, and we are all hoping the producers come to their senses before strike action becomes necessary. We don’t want to do it, but we are prepared to take it as far as we have to because there is no other way. The resounding message that was clearly given to our negotiating team from ACTRA members Monday night was, "It’s better to die standing, than to live on your knees!" ACTRA Toronto Performers Guild voted unanimously to take $1,000,000.00 from the Defense Fund to give to the APG to support and defend a strike, as well former Howard Hampton campaign headquarters has already been rented as a location to support ACTRA strike headquarters if strike action eventually becomes necessary. The threat is unfortunately all too real. The Good News is there is always ‘The GOLD Book.’ For further info, go to http://www.actra.com Hope that helps, Jungle Orchid – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – just wanted to know if there are any Canadian actors who have an opinion on the upcoming threat to strike here , and if others in any other unions have comments on the situation in Canada right now / my first post to the group
Response:
Filed under: Strike action
Related Posts
- OMG French had deployed troops
- Race Report #2: Dublin City Marathon
- Air Canada FA vote 94% in favour of strike, but talks resume
- HELP AA CREW MEMBERS
- Hope Dixon Is Reading The News
- A tragedy at Emvutjini, a periurban area of Mbabane
- No Air Canada Strike - For Now
- Strike at British Air
- OT unofficial question for the day - Oct 6
- Air Canada Strike?
Leave a Comment
XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
TrackBack URL | RSS feed for comments on this post.