Actors defiantly strike back!
AFTRA (American Federation of Television & Radio Artists) hastily e-mailed alerts out to the membership yesterday afternoon urging a boycott of "The Hobbit'.
The producers of the fantasy flick - slated to shoot next year in New Zealand - have refused to enter into meaningful contract talks with performers or their representatives.
Although FIA (International Federation of Artists) negotiators have been patient - and persisted in their good-faith efforts to reach an amicable agreement that is equitable to both parties (actors & producers) - the filmmakers have continued to dig in their heels and thumb their noses at the Entertainment Unions.
For this reason, the FIA has recommended an immediate call to action.
In response, AFTRA has issued a directive that members of - Actors Equity Association (AEA), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), Canadian Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Equity UK, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) and the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) - turn down gainful employment on the non-union production.
To cover their bases, AFTRA also notified Talent Agents that - pursuant to AFTRA Regulations that govern Talent Agents and performer representation - they are barred from engaging in talks for talent services in respect to work on "The Hobbit".
Tattler readers are probably keen to the fact that I am a Union "man" all the way - with memberships in AFTRA and SAG - and that I wholeheartedly back the proposed boycott of "The Hobbit" project.
About FIA
The International Federation of Actors (FIA) represents performer unions in 100 countries around the world and includes participation by the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), American Actors Equity, the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), Canadian Actors Equity, Equity UK and the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
Brass at Studio given the heave-ho!
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