David Gale
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Live, Love, Laugh & Be Happy! Award-winning actor, Spotlight & Loving Spoonfuls host & ACTRA President tweets about life & the arts. Opinions are my own. Peace.
Toronto
Joined September 2009
We thank @canadianequity for their ongoing solidarity as ACTRA performers suffer through Day 556 of @ICACanada's shameful lockout. Earlier today, Equity took the time to remind their membership about the importance of standing up to corporate greed, together. When we unite,
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Premiering tonight! Congrats to the ROBYN HOOD TEAM, including writers @ABTrotman, Chris Roberts, Ashley Park, Sabrina Nouadir, @MelvilleKate, MOTION, @MurryPeeters, @lindseyaddawoo, @amandafahey, @fortuneshunter, + Nick West! 🏹#CDNtv #CDNscreenwriters
Fight the power. 🏹 Watch the premiere of #RobynHoodSeries, September 27 on Global. Stream on @STACKTV.
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End the @ICACanada lockout! 500+ days unionized actors locked out of commercials. Congrats @WGAEast @WGAWest and solidarity with @sagaftra ! Do better, @CanadianTire
@WendysCanada
@HRBlockCanada
@SleepCountryCan
@Rogers
@ACTRAnational @ACTRAToronto
#Lockedoutactors
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We're excited to shine our #ACTRAspotlight today on the hotly-anticipated ROBYN HOOD, which premieres tonight on @GlobalTV! This new series re-imagines a thousand years of legend for the present day. Robyn Loxley is a young Black woman whose masked band “The Hood” is known for
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ACTRA Members: There is still time to register for today’s Zoom webinar at 5pm ET. Mediation has failed to end the lockout of ACTRA’s commercial performers - the confidentiality requirement & media blackout is paused. Your NCA bargaining team is sharing the ICA’s
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DISRESPECTFUL DISHONOURABLE DEPLORABLE Just some of the ways ACTRA members describe the @ICAcanada proposal that is no where near good enough to end the 515 day lockout of ACTRA performers. Check out our revised FAQ: https://t.co/INtSuorzc6
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As we reflect on #tiff23, we remember an outstanding festival celebrating Canadian performers and film. ACTRA Toronto Members were out in force at Canadian film celebrations and premieres across the city with @OntarioCreates, @xoTO, @cfccreates and more, rallying for solidarity
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ACTRA Toronto Executive Director Alistair Hepburn was at #TIFF23 introducing @IndieWire’s podcast w/ @SAGAFTRA @DuncanCI. Alistair spoke about the importance of solidarity, that their fight is our fight & that we have shamefully been locked out for 500 days by the ICA in Canada.
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Enough is enough! ACTRA Toronto showed up today at the Labour Day parade to march and get loud in support of worker’s rights and ending the unlawful lockout by Canadian advertising agencies and brands. Thank you to all our Members who marched today! #LabourDay #LabourDay2023
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What a year for ACTRA. Now more than ever marching in the Labour Day parade will show solidarity with the whole labour movement. Solidarity is power! For united bargain divided we beg! See you at the Parade!
It's almost time to march! Join us tomorrow (Monday, September 4th) as we march in the Labour Day parade and show our union strength and solidarity. We're meeting at the corner of Armoury St. and University Ave. at 8:30am – look for ACTRA flags and signs and join us!
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WGC President Alex Levine speaking at today’s @ACTRAnational rally in solidarity with @WGAWest @WGAEast and @sagaftra!
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Looking forward to seeing you all this morning @actratoronto out on n force
MEDIA ADVISORY: This Friday, @ACTRAnational is holding a solidarity rally with @sagaftra and @WGAWest @WGAEast . We are uniting against corporate greed that is affecting our livelihoods on both sides of the border. Speakers will include @actrapresident Eleanor Noble,
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Media giants must pay their fair share!
“The Broadcasting Act really should be to support Canadian production across Canada [and] around the world everywhere on these huge media-giant networks.” - Eleanor Noble @ACTRApresident
#actra #cdnpoli #cancon #BroadcastingAct
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Read all about the Permit Access Fund! @yeslisamichelle speaks with Luisa Alvarez Restrepo (our Manager of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging) & Melanie Nepinak Hadley (Senior Director @WBDAccessCan), who are behind this initiative. Read now: https://t.co/HKaa8Sixsv
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ACTRA Toronto is pleased to release its Best Practices for Working with Animals guide, designed to improve workplace safety on set & assist performers & productions by ensuring the most positive & creative interactions when working with animals. Read now: https://t.co/M2PULih7Uc
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"If we do not have any control over our product, if we are not consenting to its use and if we are not being compensated for being copied in some way or other, that is just immoral and unethical." @actrapresident Eleanor Noble speaks on the impacts of AI👇 https://t.co/QWNzAI1lVI
rabble.ca
New technologies are not only taking work away from actors and other performers, but it is also making it more expensive for them to work.
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This is sad but true. #SAGAFTRAstrong
Weekend Reading: WHY WE STRIKE! Download, share with your barista, send to your folks. We'll see you next week on a picket line or a rally near you! đź’Ş https://t.co/qLTlYtcbu2
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Happy Canada Day!🇨🇦 Let's enjoy the wonderful shows, films, animation, audiobooks, ads & more featuring the talented performers of ACTRA Toronto. Our #ACTRAspotlight shines on Canada today & we hope you'll join us in celebrating the performers who help bring our stories to life.
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So proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with @WGAWest as they strike for a fair deal. #WGAstrong
Video Postcard from @WGAwest picket line in LA as @ACTRANational National Executive Director @MarieKellyNED joins striking writers to send #Solidarity from ACTRA members across Canada. #WGAStrong #unionstrong #actravists #canlab
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