Organizers of a new job fair in mid-August are hoping to connect film industry workers in the province with temporary jobs, as many are affected by ongoing strikes south of the border.
According to the City of Maple Ridge — about 48 kilometres east of Vancouver — thousands of professionals in Metro Vancouver’s film industry are without a job as U.S. actors and writers are striking, halting foreign film and TV productions.
The strikes are over issues like residuals in the streaming ecosystem and the use of artificial intelligence.
So the city, together with WorkBC Centre Maple Ridge, film industry groups and unions are hosting a temporary job fair to help film workers
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