[PDF version: Member_Alert_NonUnion_Production_TheHobbit.pdf]
Non-Union Production: The Hobbit
The makers of feature film The Hobbit – to be shot in New Zealand next year – have refused to engage performers on
union-negotiated agreements.
Members of Canadian Actors Equity, US Actors Equity, the Screen Actors Guild, UK Actors Equity, the American Federation
of Television and Radio Artists, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (Australia) and the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists are advised not to accept
work on this non-union production.
If you are contacted to be engaged on The Hobbit please notify your union immediately.
For more information about this non-union production see here: http://www.alliance.org.au/documents/100922_hobbit_factsheet.pdf [Scoop copy: 100922_hobbit_factsheet.pdf]
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