Canadian film and television workers are feeling the sting of twin strikes by Hollywood writers and actors.

Vancouver-based Derek Baskerville, who rents costumes mostly to U.S. film shoots, says he laid off a part-time worker last week and has scaled back the hours of other staff as work dried up.

Toronto agent Karin Martin says many of her clients haven91裸聊视频檛 worked since winter because U.S. studios anticipated job action and scaled back orders.

She represents production designers, cinematographers, line producers and others who work behind the scenes. She says many are now 91裸聊视频渟cared and at risk.91裸聊视频�

The Writers Guild of America walked off the job May 2 and the performers union SAG-AFTRA began its strike last Friday.

Even though it91裸聊视频檚 a U.S. labour dispute, the strikes have touched U.S. films and series that shoot in Canada and employ tens of thousands of local crews and talent.

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In Vancouver, Baskerville says he let one of his part-timers go because he couldn91裸聊视频檛 afford to pay them. He91裸聊视频檚 reduced two other part-timers to one day a week, and two full-time workers are down to four days a week instead of five. One of them is on a six-hour day instead of eight.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 been really bad for all of us gig economy workers for the last four years. And some people haven91裸聊视频檛 survived, what with COVID and now this,91裸聊视频� says Baskerville.

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He says he91裸聊视频檚 lucky to have paid off his mortgage and have personal savings.

91裸聊视频淭hree of my colleagues are deferring their mortgage payments91裸聊视频�. And two of them have also talked to the city, deferring their property taxes for a year,91裸聊视频� says Baskerville.

91裸聊视频淥ne of my colleagues, she had to take her kids out of daycare and out of summer camp because she can91裸聊视频檛 afford it. It91裸聊视频檚 summer. Kids want to go to camp. Not this year.91裸聊视频�

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