Comments on: O Canada — put down your pens! http://btlnews.com/blog/archives/56 A BTL weblog. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:22:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: eight08 http://btlnews.com/blog/archives/56#comment-393 eight08 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:07:52 +0000 http://btlnews.com/blog/archives/56#comment-393 As a working(at least for now)600 member, I'd like to remind everyone of the fact that those who are hardest hit are the crews and their families. Camera, Grip/Electric, Art, Catering, Transpo, Flowers, even Porta-Potties and everyone in between are effected by this thing. My biggest wish is that these people will realize what they're doing to the rest of their industry(starving them). Lets hope they all wake up. Robert art As a working(at least for now)600 member, I’d like to remind everyone of the fact that those who are hardest hit are the crews and their families. Camera, Grip/Electric, Art, Catering, Transpo, Flowers, even Porta-Potties and everyone in between are effected by this thing.
My biggest wish is that these people will realize what they’re doing to the rest of their industry(starving them). Lets hope they all wake up.

Robert

art

]]> By: Grant http://btlnews.com/blog/archives/56#comment-327 Grant Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:21:26 +0000 http://btlnews.com/blog/archives/56#comment-327 Being a Canadian actor and a writer, I understand both sides of the story. Maybe it's the Canadian in me but I think the only reasonable solution for the "series" writers to do, for the sake of almost 130,000 jobs, is to work without contract until the June strike. It shows leniency and a "nice" aspect which could pay off when the strike peaks in June. It is almost a, You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours, situation if the writers work without contract for six months. When Actra went on strike here in Canada about the exact same issue, ACTRA made it possible for certain shows to work as long as they specifically signed a contract agreeing to the terms. Now, that certainly weakend the Producers "union" because a number of their producers defected to the otherside. It seems like a shame to halt such a powerful industry which generates over 30 billion and supports over 130,000 households because of greed. Over what, maybe 30 million more dollars to the writers? If you really want to understand the income inequalities within the Hollywood industry, drive by a producers house, mansion, and then drive by a writers apartment which he shares with two other actors, who actually pay for the rent through jobs other than acting. regards Grant Being a Canadian actor and a writer, I understand both sides of the story. Maybe it’s the Canadian in me but I think the only reasonable solution for the “series” writers to do, for the sake of almost 130,000 jobs, is to work without contract until the June strike. It shows leniency and a “nice” aspect which could pay off when the strike peaks in June. It is almost a, You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours, situation if the writers work without contract for six months. When Actra went on strike here in Canada about the exact same issue, ACTRA made it possible for certain shows to work as long as they specifically signed a contract agreeing to the terms. Now, that certainly weakend the Producers “union” because a number of their producers defected to the otherside. It seems like a shame to halt such a powerful industry which generates over 30 billion and supports over 130,000 households because of greed. Over what, maybe 30 million more dollars to the writers? If you really want to understand the income inequalities within the Hollywood industry, drive by a producers house, mansion, and then drive by a writers apartment which he shares with two other actors, who actually pay for the rent through jobs other than acting.
regards
Grant

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