TORONTO – ACTRA, the actors’ union, and the National Film Board of Canada have reached a tentative settlement on a new collective bargaining agreement. “In addition to increasing minimum fees and fringes over a four-year term, ACTRA successfully negotiated provisions for production and use of NFB product in new media,” says the ACTRA press release. "We have an agreement in principle, and as ACTRA's chief negotiator, I am pleased with this tentative deal," said Stephen Waddell, ACTRA's national executive director. "The deal we have reached with the NFB is subject to approval by our National Executive and our members who...
