What about Canadian production? Lots of American TV (particularly sci-fi & CW superhero shows) gets produced in our neighbor to the north. Has there been any indication that their union intends a sympathy strike?
On Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 11:41:46 AM UTC-4 Mark Jeffries wrote: > The walkout would essentially shut down film and television production in > North America--the union representing thousands of below-the-line employees > claims that the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers is > dragging its feet on new contracts: > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/iatse-strike-date-set-1235028690/ > > As I understand it, New York is a separate contract and theoretically > would not be included (although there could be sympathy strikes). > Commercials, low budget indie films and premium channels contracts are also > not affected. A lot of reality shows are non-union and would continue > production. If my statement is correct, there could still be news shows > and new Fallon, Colbert, Meyers, "View" and "TDS" on Monday. There could > also be an attempt to bring scabs in on Kimmel, Corden and "The Talk," but > the other unions have pretty much indicated that they are going to honor > the picket lines. > > And the IA has been frisky in theatrical jurisdictions lately--a > threatened strike at the Kennedy Center in Washington was averted last week > and there was a half-day strike at a suburban Boston theater company that > got settled. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3482084f-b326-44ac-b3c1-4ebebd350892n%40googlegroups.com.
