Dear ACTRA Toronto Members, I’m pleased to provide an update on your ACTRA Toronto bargaining team’s progress in negotiating the Independent Production Agreement (IPA) on your behalf. The second round of in-person negotiations with producers started on December 9 in Toronto. Progress to Date Your bargaining team remains steadfast in…
Daniel Friedman of Compass Artist Management took advantage of the trust inherent in his professional relationships with performers and was has been arrested and charged in October 2023 after allegedly defrauding more than 60 victims. This is why we are asking the Government of Ontario to create legislation, as requested…
Dear ACTRA Toronto members, We are pleased to provide an update on your ACTRA Toronto bargaining team’s progress in negotiating the Independent Production Agreement (IPA) on your behalf. From November 4 to 14, your IPA bargaining team was in Montreal deeply engaged with the producers. We remain steadfast in our…
DO NOT WORK NOTICE: A MACHU PICCHU PROPOSAL Please be advised that the TV feature, A Machu Picchu Proposal, produced by: JPG/Hollyware Entertainment is not signatory to any ACTRA Agreement and is therefore a non-union Production. ACTRA’s Constitution and By-laws prohibit union members from working on such productions. We wish…
Please be advised that ACTRA members cannot work on the feature films Key to Freedom and Pray For Me, as signatory engager Damian Lee and Pray For Me Productions Ltd. has been declared an unfair Producer.
The growing use of unregulated Artificial Intelligence (AI), including generative AI, in Canada poses a fundamental threat to the stability of the labour market in Ontario. Unregulated AI has the potential to affect every worker in Ontario, including workers in Ontario’s screen-based industry. As AI technology continues to advance, workers…
