TORONTO, ON – ACTRA National President Eleanor Noble issued the following statement in support of the workers trapped underground at Vale’s Totten Mine in Sudbury, Ontario.
Please be advised that the short film, Impulse, produced by Sean Kuzyk and John Galen Wilson, is not signatory to any UBCP/ACTRA agreement and it is therefore a non-union production. UBCP/ACTRA’s By-laws and Constitution prohibit union members from auditioning for, or working on, any non-union production in recorded media.
TORONTO, ON – ACTRA congratulates Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party, as well as the newly elected Members of Parliament, on forming the next Government of Canada.
TORONTO, ON – An industry-wide bilingual event, co-hosted by the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC), the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) and l’Association des Réalisateurs et Réalisatrices du Québec (ARRQ), have invited representatives from federal parties to participate in an interview-style Town Hall discussing each party’s plan and approach to the future of the Canadian screen industry.
Labour Day celebrates the achievements of workers with its origins in the labour union movement. As union members, we can honour those who came before us by voting in the snap federal election taking place on Monday, September 20. This is our opportunity to have a say in Ottawa regarding our industry over the next four years.
UBCP/ ACTRA has been made aware of a non-union TV series, Hitler’s Last Stand, that is being produced in BC. Union staff are reaching out to the engager in an effort to unionize this production.
