@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.socialWhat would #ACTRAToronto President Kate Ziegler say/do if a large number of Canadian film & tv productions chose to set up shop in a foreign country?
Jobs that would have been filled by Canadian #ACTRA members if those productions had remained in Canada would be filled by workers in another country
@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.socialKate Ziegler wouldn't have become #ACTRAToronto President if she hadn't gone around #ACTRA leaders and reached out directly to the members.
She formed the RCAP (Rank and file Caucus of ACTRA Performers) and capitalized on the membership's dissatisfaction with ACTRA's leadership
@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.socialThe majority of #ACTRAToronto members aren't workers as much as anybody else.
The majority of #ACTRA Toronto members can't sustain themselves on what they earn as 'Artists' because they aren't getting enough work on union productions and ACTRA prohibits them from working on non-union productions.
@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.social#ACTRAToronto President Ziegler isn't the first #ACTRA Toronto representative to 'borrow' (steal) from an American icon to promote Canadian Culture.
Here's former ACTRA Toronto Councillor Colin Mochrie bastardizing an MLK Jr. speech :
@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.social#StatusOfTheArtistNow #ACTRA #ACTRAAlberta #UBCP/ACTRA
On April 21, 2024 you told a packed audience at the Labor Notes Conference in the US that you were promptly removed from #ACTRAToronto 's bargaining team for being untrustworthy, Comrade Ziegler.
@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.social@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.social#ACTRAToronto union members are independent contractors.
The vast majority of #ACTRA members can't live on what they earn in the film & tv industry
They bet on themselves and now they DEMAND that the Canadian taxpayers pay off their bet for them when they lose???
@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.socialIt's insulting to the workers in other industries to compare what they're doing in their respective industries to what the majority of #ACTRAToronto 's 15,000+ members aren't doing (working) in the Canadian film & tv industry.
The financial Status of the majority of the 'Artists' in #ACTRA is SOL
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Uh-oh Canada
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@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.social#ACTRAToronto members who made $10K a yr could see their earnings drop below $5K if the Americans stopped filming 'American Content' in Canada.
#ACTRA members who made $5K a yr could see their earnings drop below $2-3K
They wouldn’t qualify for CERB relief if a COVID variant shut down the industry
@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.social#ACTRA National President Eleanor Noble looks and sounds like she's cooking a meal in her pant suit while she's answering the reporter's question about the impact that the American productions leaving Canada would have on #ACTRAToronto members:
@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.social#ACTRA #ACTRAToronto #ACTRAMontreal #UBCP/ACTRA
#ACTRAAlberta #StatusOfTheArtistNow
SAG-AFTRA Statement on Federal Production Incentives
from SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin and National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland:
@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.social#ACTRA #ACTRAToronto #ACTRAMontreal #UBCP/ACTRA
#ACTRAAlberta #StatusOfTheArtistNow
SAG-AFTRA Statement on Federal Production Incentives
from SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin and National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland:
@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.social#StatusOfTheArtistNow #ACTRA #ACTRAToronto #ACTRAMontreal #ACTRAAlberta #UBCP/ACTRA
Uh-oh Canada
@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.social#StatusOfTheArtistNow #ACTRA #ACTRAToronto #ACTRAMontreal #ACTRAAlberta #UBCP/ACTRA
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@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.social#StatusOfTheArtistNow #ACTRA #ACTRAToronto #ACTRAMontreal #ACTRAAlberta #UBCP/ACTRA
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@hollyweirdnorth.bsky.social#ACTRAToronto #ACTRA #StatusOfTheArtistNow
#ACTRAAlberta #ACTRAMontreal #UBCP/ACTRA
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