Actors to bring battle to CAB; strike looms

TORONTO – While Canadian actors and producers continue their standoff on a new collective agreement, as reported previously by Cartt.ca, ACTRA, the actors union, plans to bring the battle to the Canadian Association of Broadcasters on Monday. According to the French and English-language producers associations, ACTRA is refusing to negotiate," and has asked the Associations to withdraw their proposals without any substantive discussion," said a release from the CFPTA/APFTQ today. The current collective agreement expires December 31, 2006.ACTRA’s actions are "highly unusual and could force the ACTRA Independent Production Agreement (IPA) - a collective agreement which covers Performers in all...