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With the support of SAG, local Teamsters and SEUL, the Film & Television Action Coalition will be hosting a rally this Sunday, 1PM at the Hollywood Bowl. The event is in support of their countervailing tariff proposal. The proposal is that in response to the $1,000,000 subsidy that Canada gives to media corporations to produce in Canada, the US- through the Department of Commerce- should excise a $1,000,000 tariff. All this towards keeping union jobs in Hollywood.
Pitted against powerful management unions like DAG, and organizations like the Motion Pictures Association of America, the coalition has a tough fight. They are asking supporters to sign a
petition that has reportedly received 10,000 signatures.
Read IMC Reporter John Hays' note on the Runaway Production issue.
In a related note, check out this little bit on Bush's nominee to the National Labor Relations Board
[ The FTAC's Countervailing Tariff description | The Daily Variety's report on the Union Tensions surrounding the proposal | LATimes article on this and other proposed solutions ]
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