An Ontario judge ruled that ACTRA’s strike against the CFTPA is, in fact, legal. However, the two sides were also ordered to go into arbitration. The one thing that was left unclear in the ruling was the legality of the continuation letters ACTRA was using that many producers have signed to allow various productions to continue in lieu of the strike.
Arbitration may begin within the next two weeks.
Meanwhile, ACTRA members in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland may find themselves on strike in their respective provinces in mid-February.
Also, Playback Daily reports that the BC Performers Union is now negotiating with members of the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, which represents indie film producers as well as ones out of Hollywood. Members of both ACTRA and the CFTPA will be in BC to oversee what’s going on.
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