Thursday, September 08, 2005
CBC 62: Screen Actors Guild to boycott CBC at TIFF
What Canadian Media Guild members were told on the picket line Wednesday by The Newpaper Guild president Linda Foley is now official.
The Screen Actors Guild is calling on its members to boycott any request for interviews or appearances by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during the Toronto International Film Festival.
The SAG news release is up on their site here
SAG is being diplomatic with a hint hint first paragraph in the release:
Then gets specific toward the end:
If the boycott holds it may have minimal impact on English television, but intelligence reports on the picket line Wednesday indicate that SRC, the French arm of the CBC is sending crews and reporters from Montreal to cover the Festival. So they too may end up empty handed. (Note to CBCunlocked and Toronto Unlocked make sure when you're chasing interviews to tell who you are so you won't be collateral damage.)
Can't help noticing this, there are three guilds in this story. Maybe there should be a Guild Hall like the ones in the UK :-)
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4:46 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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What Canadian Media Guild members were told on the picket line Wednesday by The Newpaper Guild president Linda Foley is now official.
The Screen Actors Guild is calling on its members to boycott any request for interviews or appearances by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during the Toronto International Film Festival.
The SAG news release is up on their site here
SAG is being diplomatic with a hint hint first paragraph in the release:
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) today announced it is urging all of its professional actors to support members of the Canadian Media Guild, who have been locked out by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) for almost four weeks. Management’s lockout of more than 5,000 media workers began on August 15 after the break off of talks between the union and employers. The Guild is making its announcement on the eve of the start of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Then gets specific toward the end:
The Guild is urging its members, particularly its high profile members, to seriously consider this situation and wherever possible avoid granting interviews with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation until this matter is resolved.
If the boycott holds it may have minimal impact on English television, but intelligence reports on the picket line Wednesday indicate that SRC, the French arm of the CBC is sending crews and reporters from Montreal to cover the Festival. So they too may end up empty handed. (Note to CBCunlocked and Toronto Unlocked make sure when you're chasing interviews to tell who you are so you won't be collateral damage.)
Can't help noticing this, there are three guilds in this story. Maybe there should be a Guild Hall like the ones in the UK :-)
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writing, journalism, CBC, blog, news, lockout,
CBClockout,Screen Actors Guild, Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto
4:46 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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