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Vancouver Directors Guild Reaches Deal to Avert Production Shutdown

Vancouver Directors Guild Reaches Deal to Avert Production Shutdown

The Vancouver branch of the Directors Guild of Canada has reached an agreement with the studios, averting a strike that threatened to shut down film and TV production in British Columbia. The union issued a strike notice on April 26, after talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the Canadian Media Producers Association reached an impasse. That followed the union’s first-ever strike authorization vote earlier in the month, which passed with 92.2% support. In a statement on Wednesday, the union said it had reached a tentative agreement. “As of this afternoon, the DGC BC has reached… Read Full Article