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Latest FTAC News
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Please give money to support the filing of
the Section 301(a) Petition.
Donate Now
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FTAC WINS AGAIN!
A Special thank you goes to Council Member Frank Quintero for shepherding this resolution thru for his City of Glendale.
The members of FTAC are forever grateful!!
Thank you to Mayor Rafi Manoukian and Councilmember Ara Najarian
of the Glendale City Council For their votes of support for FTAC and the 301a petition.
You each have changed the face of Hollywood.
And a last a note. The vote also had these results: 2 Abstention from Council member Dave Weaver and Council member Bob Yousefian Thanks go to you the members of FTAC for Council members Bob Yousefian reversal of position. He said in the proceedings last night that he received a great many more emails, than the rest of the council, because he had spoken negatively in the newspaper.
Thank you, to the members of FTAC who sent in all of their thoughts to the Glendale City Council on Outsourcing and won this victory for America.
Read the news coverage of FTAC and the Glendale City Council here
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On October 23rd 2005
The Screen Actors Guild’s Newly Elected
National Board Unanimously Voted
for FTAC and the 301(a) Petition
Click here for all the details
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Read the Los Angeles Times articles on Runaway Production
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FTAC especially thanks
Writer/Director Joss Whedon and Director of Photography Jack N. Green of the new film “Serenity”
for shooting this production in America,
after they were told it could not be done.
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The Pros & Cons of Subsidies in California
With the pro and con debate surrounding AB 777, the California film subsidy bill, the topic of Runaway Production is again in the mainstream press. There are a few articles that spell out how desperate times have become for the film workers of this country and we wanted to pass them along. For the past 4 years the Runaway Production Industry Alliance has promised that legislation would go forward in California. We’re still waiting.
If the trade laws were enforced (301a petition,) a great deal of work would quickly return to the USA without any cost to the taxpayers of California. This would also "Turbo Charge" the state subsidies already in place. California would gain a huge portion of the returning work without a costly subsidy program.
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FTAC WINS AGAIN!
A Special thank you goes to Council Member Jeffrey Prang for shepherding this resolution thru for his city of West Hollywood.
The members of FTAC are forever grateful!!
Thank you To Mayor Abbe Land and Mayor Pro Tempore John Heilman of the West Hollywood City Council For their votes of support for FTAC and the 301a petition.
You each have changed the face of Hollywood.
And a last a note. The vote also had these results: A No Vote from Council member Sal Guarriello An Abstention from Council member John J. Duran
Thank you,
To the members of FTAC who sent in all of their thoughts to the West Hollywood City Council on Outsourcing and won this victory for America.
Our recent victory at the Burbank City Council
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 Local 600, The International Cinematographers Guild’s
National Executive Board (NEB) voted to endorse Resolution 6 and Trade Remedies to end the Outsourcing of American film jobs. (Runaway Production)
In addition, the NEB voted 15,000 dollars towards funding a new Center for Entertainment Industry Data and Research (CEIDR) report on Runaway Production.
ICG president Gary Dunham said….
"We have affirmed our commitment to an investigation into the legality of foreign film and television production subsidies. It is time to level the playing field for our members."
Read Local 600's press release and the trade’s account here
 
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To Mayor Marsha Ramos, Council Members Dave Golonski and Todd Campbell of the Burbank City Council.
Thank You
For their votes of support for FTAC and the 301a petition.
You each have changed the face of Hollywood.
The members of FTAC are forever grateful!!
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The Outsourcing of the
Visual Effects Industry!
VFX has become the next casualty
in the Outsourcing epidemic.
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Canada hit by “Runaway Production” Blowback
Canada is suffering the full effects of Runaway Production.
Read about Runaway Production in Canada.
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 Superman’s
New Kryptonite is Outsourcing
“Truth Justice and the Australian way”
has triumphed!
“The Man of Steel”
has become
The Man of Subsidies.
They are all being Outsourced!
CLICK HERE to read all about the
Outsourcing of America’s greatest Superhero
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The Film & Television Action Committee and Local 600, The International Cinematographers Guild have asked the newly created panel of Department of Commerce to take action against foreign governments' filmmaking subsidies.
The Unfair Trade Practices Task Force was created to help the U.S. manufacturing sector regain some of the nearly 3 million jobs lost since 2000.
 Commerce Department’s Unfair Trade Practices Task Force. (PDF)
FTAC’s filing with Commerce Department’s Unfair Trade Practices Task Force. (in PDF format*)
“Daily Variety” article on the filing with the Commerce Department.
Film Workers Urge U.S. Action on Foreign Subsidies
- See the Unfair Trade Practices Task Force Public Comments Page
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FTAC MEETINGS
1st Thursday of Every Month, 7:30 pm
Westmore Academy of Cosmetic Arts
916 West Burbank Boulevard, Suite R
Burbank California 91506
818 562 6808
Map and Details
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n 1 : those U.S.
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productions which are developed and are intended for initial release, exhibition, or broadcast in the U.S. and that appear to be made in the U.S., but are actually filmed in another country.
2 : that hissing sound you hear as $10 billion drains out of the U.S. economy each year.
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 The crisis of outsourcing, known as runaway production, is a growing phenomenon throughout the United States and around the globe. Increasingly, film production and the jobs that go with it, are stolen and relocated to other nations. This is not based upon rational economic factors such as productive “A” list crews, infrastructure and the availability of production facilities but on the basis of how much governments of competing film centers offer to pay the 6 major studios and media corporations in the form of subsidies and other economic tax based incentives. In effect, a worldwide trade war is now underway, as one nation after another enters into a subsidy driven bidding war to see which nation, which state, or which community can offer the most tax dollars to the 6 major studios and media corporations for the favor of bringing film production jobs to their area.
The outsourcing (runaway production) of film work is most prevalent in the United States. In just the past six years, the film production subsidies ranging as high as 44% of payroll, have removed three quarters of U.S. long form television production and one quarter of U.S. feature film production from our shores. These films are now shooting in the 19 foreign countries that offer these subsidies. The economic impact of this crisis has been devastating to the 250,000 film workers, and the 10,000 small businesses that derive their income from the production of American filmed entertainment products.
In order to impede this crisis and to save our industry from extinction, workers, labor unions, and small businesses have rallied together under the banner of the Film & Television Action Committee (FTAC) to campaign for the trade remedy known as the Section 301. This is the same trade remedy that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has endorsed and is currently using to fight the battle over piracy. Implementing this trade remedy will terminate the 19 subsidy programs, and finally put an end to a trend that threatens the job security of film workers and small businesses throughout the world.
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“For the Price of
Movie Tickets”
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AFL-CIO Resolution 6
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AFL-CIO unanimously approves Resolution 6 which calls for vigorous enforcement of all U.S. trade laws in support of threatened U.S. manufacturing industries.
Complete text of Res. 6
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MPAA Gets Caught Pirating an
Independent Film!
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Avast, Ye Pirates!
If it's your job to stop people pirating movies, you should really be very careful not to get caught making pirate copies. But that's what the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has managed to do.
The MPAA's website says, "Manufacturing, selling, distributing or making copies of motion pictures without the consent of the copyright owners is illegal, Movie pirates are thieves, plain and simple.... ALL forms of piracy are illegal and carry serious legal consequences."
Just like the MPAAs feelings on FTAC’s 301(a) petition and piracy their actions speak louder than their words!
Don’t do what I do. Do what I say, the MPAA has really taken this to heart.
READ THE ARTICLE HERE
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We Support Rule One
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FTAC vigorously supports “Global Rule One”, which asks all SAG members to “stand together as actors and do not work without a Guild contract.” See Global Rule One on the SAG web site.
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Runaway Production 101
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Information about outsourced production for those of us who are not entertainment industry insiders. This flyer explains the 12 most asked questions about Outsourcing. (Runaway Production)
Help STOP Outsourcing by downloading and printing the flyer. Pass them out to everyone you know.
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FTAC’s Attorneys’
Rebuttal to the MPAA
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Alan M. Dunn and William A. Fennell of the Washington DC based Trade Law Firm, Stewart and Stewart Rebuttal to the MPAA’s arguments against the adoption of the proposed resolution by the Burbank City Council. This rebuttal was written to show the Staff and Council Members of the Burbank City Council that the MPAA’s statements are flawed and from a perspective of “Trade Law” how the MPAA has misrepresented itself. In doing so, the memo strengthens FTAC’s arguments for the Burbank City Councils support of a 301a petition.
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WHAT IS 301(a)?
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The Subsidy programs, that 19 other countries offer to lure film production, are World Trade Organization (WTO) inconsistent with our trade agreements. The 301(a) is specifically designed to use these existing trade agreements to protect our jobs. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) itself has filed over a dozen similar petitions in its battle to end Piracy. Learn more About the 301(a) Petition and how this protection can Stop Outsourcing.
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Commissioned Reports
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DGA/SAG Report on the Economic Impact of U.S. Runaway Production
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Center for Entertainment Industry Data and Research (CEIDR)
(In PDF format)
2001 Report - Migration of US features
2000 Report - Migration of US features
1999 Report - Production Survey
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U.S. Dept. of Commerce report on Runaway Production (Very large file in PDF format)
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Congressman
Brad Sherman wants
to hear from you!
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Tell Senator Kerry we need his action
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Tell Governor Schwarzenegger we need his action
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Tell Governor
George E. Pataki we need his action
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Tell Governor Jeb Bush we need his action
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Tell Governor Rick Perry we need his action
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