ACTRA gets approval in Quebec to represent ‘intimacy coordinators’

By Ahmad Hathout MONTREAL – A labour union representing creative workers has been approved last week by Quebec’s labour tribunal to represent English-language workers in the province who participate in productions with intimate scenes. The Alliance of Canadian Cinema and Radio Artists (ACTRA), which represents 28,000 professionals in the visual arts, cinema, recording and literature, filed the application when there was no union representing the intimacy coordinators. These coordinators are members of a film or television crew who ensure the well-being of actors who participate in sex or other intimate scenes. The labor tribunal found that ACTRA represents the greatest...