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ALLIANCE OF CANADIAN CINEMA, TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS

1999-0045

Sound

2 of 2

1995-11-26

Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists Fraternal Oral History Project

interviewer, Alex Barris

Alex Barris interviews Paul Siren about his past roles as a union executive and consultant to the arts. Siren recalls the circumstances surrounding his hiring as General Secretary of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA). He discusses the collective bargaining process, his work to build ACTRA into a national organization and the history of divisions within the alliance. Siren also discusses his lobbying for federal concessions to professional artists through his work as President of the Canadian Council of the Artist and Co-Chair of the Task Force on the Status of the Artist. Barris and Siren discuss the provision of insurance and retirement benefits to artists through ACTRA Fraternal. Siren then comments on his first experiences as a labour organizer as a union representative and executive for the Canadian Auto Workers. The interview ends with Siren calling for a national and provincial cultural policy that will foster a Canadian identity.

English

Open

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

With written permission of Donor / Avec la permission écrite du donateur