John Krasinski scabs in Canada

[stillglows]

John Krasinski is dancing on workers' rights and livelihoods in Canada. Stop being a scab, Halpert. pic.twitter.com/CicOkY6oMi
- Dripped Out Trade Unionists (@UnionDrip) August 12, 2024
Recently an ad for Rogers featuring John Krasinski dancing to a Taylor Swift song on a boat has started airing in Canada. Rogers is a communications and media company

Comments

[solookup]

No actual receipts or anything but I read (achem on Reddit) that it was filmed previously and it's a stock clip so they just took it and Rogers overlaid ads on top.

He'll have to address it soon though.

[totteringg]

Even if that's the case, I imagine he'd have to approve his image being used. I'm kinda surprised that Canadian actors have been striking for two years and that's not a bigger story but I guess their media ecosystem is much smaller.

[tillychar]

i don't believe they're on strike right now (lots of canadian productions are still happening), but it's that specifically they're locked out of commercial work. tv shows and movies are still going, but members of the union can't do commercials here (which can obviously be a lifeline for a lot of working actors).

[totteringg]

Oh that makes a lot sense. Yeah if you’re a working actor, those jobs are probably super important for filling in gaps.

[stillglows]

they haven't been on strike for two years just locked out for two years. each side has said different things the ica claims that actra has told actors not to audition for them and actra says the ica simply doesn't hire union actors (which i'm more inclined to believe because as canadian actors we will take any work we can get i'm currently working towards getting actra membership). a mediator was brought in at some point and wasn't able to get them to agree to anything either so this is probably going to go on for a long time :(

[steffi_333]

Depends on the contract, but yeah I imagine there’d be an approval clause. At least if he had a smart agent there should be.