ACTRA escalates boycott – targeting six multi-national brands TORONTO (September 29, 2023) – The International Federation of Actors (FIA) and its affiliates in 70 countries around the world stand in solidarity with ACTRA performers in the fight to end the 521-day lockout by the advertising agencies represented by the…
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Check out the facts and see why ACTRA members are so disappointed with proposed concessions and rate cuts of up to 59% from the ICA. Their proposed loopholes and discounts undermine unionized performers and gut the National Commercial Agreement.
TORONTO (September 22, 2023) – ACTRA members are appalled at the disrespectful proposal from the Institute of Canadian Agencies (ICA) that would slash performer rates 50 to 60 per cent, as their lockout enters its 17th month. “At a time when workers are struggling with record inflation and corporations are earning huge…
We are deeply disappointed to be sharing that the mediator has determined that the parties are too far apart to meaningfully continue the mediation process. This means the confidentiality requirement and media blackout is paused. With the help of the mediator, we were finally able to force the ICA to provide an on the record proposal that we will share with the membership.
“An attack on any of us is an attack on all of us” says locked out actor Jonah Hundert, at our joint SAG-AFTRA rally in Toronto September 9, 2023.
Tomorrow the Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television Radio Artists (ACTRA) and the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) will hold a joint rally outside the Canadian headquarters of Amazon and Apple in Toronto to protest corporate greed that is diminishing the livelihoods of their members.