There's not too often that I find myself agreeing with a bunch of actors, but the title of the above post is what the Canadian producers offered to Actors for a 3 year deal. One percent in the third year. No wonder ACTRA got a 97.1 percent strike mandate from its members.
I hate it when people play games with my livelihood. I'm with the actors on this one. Now, we may be days away from an Actors strike everywhere but B.C, which is under a separate agreement. That agreement expires the end of March.
This freaks me out a little, because I'm actually heading out to work in B.C. This is probably the first time in my life that timing has somehow worked out for me. I may, in fact, be asleep right now. That would suck.
2 comments:
As an actor, it's really a insulting offer...
And I'm in BC!
Hopefully things work out, and don't stray over into our new agreement talks (which I've heard to little about to feel safe).
And hey- when you're here, if you want someone to buy you a coffee in exchange for a few questions...let me know if you've got the time.
Cheers.
Robert-James
The offer, according to other sources was actually 1/2/1, same as agreed to with the WGC, albeit with a year freeze on 10 out of 10 drama (which I guess would make it 0/1/2). Two questions: as a writer, would you be willing to take less of a raise than the performers? And working on a 10/10 show, would a freeze help spur more Canadian drama?
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