Local B.C. TV/ film businesses and workers facing financial strains as actors' and writers' strikes shutter productions.
Jim Dreichel has been in the TV/film industry in various departments for over three decades, the last 10 of those in the hair department. He’s currently in Thailand prepping a series he can’t talk about but says they’re on a day-to-day basis.
Veteran Vancouver TV/film hairstylist Jim Dreichel says if the actors’ and writers’ strikes go on much longer it will force many people on the service side of the industry to return to past careers or find other options.Lisanne Collett, a three decade-plus veteran of the Hollywood North food service industry, has experience riding out labour unrest.Article content
Even as a veteran of these situations, Collett has no idea on how long the current strikes will last. What she does know, though, is the cumulative effect they will have on the industry.Article content
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