- ACTRA
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name= ACTRA
country=Canada
affiliation=
members= 21,000
full_name= Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists
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founded= 1940s
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dissolved_date=
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office=Toronto , Ontario
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website= [http://www.actra.ca/ www.actra.ca]
footnotes=The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is a Canadian
labour union representing performers in English-language media. It has 21,000 members working infilm ,television ,radio , and all other recorded media.The organization negotiates, safeguards, and promotes the professional rights of its members. It also works to increase work opportunities for its members and lobbies for policy changes at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.
ACTRA presents the
ACTRA Award s to honour the best in Canadian radio and television performances.Affiliations
ACTRA is affiliated with the
Canadian Labour Congress and theInternational Federation of Actors .In July, 2005, ACTRA and the
United Steelworkers announced that the two unions have entered into a strategic alliance to take on the globalization of the culture industry and to address a range of common issues.ref|USWWhat the acronym means
The earliest form of the organization represented radio performers in
Toronto in the 1940s. This organization was called RATS: the Radio Artists of Toronto Society. In 1943, with wider involvement of groups from other Canadian cities, the Association of Canadian Radio Artists (ACRA) was formed.ACRA over time evolved into the Association of Canadian Radio and Television Artists, the Canadian Council of Authors and Artists, the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists and, in 1984, the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists.
Regional issues led to the creation of the
Union of British Columbia Performers , a separate subunit of ACTRA for British Columbia only.See also
*
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) - similar U.S. organization for motion picture actors
*American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) - similar U.S. organization for television and radio actorsExternal links
* [http://www.actra.ca/ ACTRA National]
* [http://www.uswa.ca/program/content/2168.php Steelworkers, ACTRA Join Forces in Strategic Alliance, Service Agreement] (April, 2005)
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