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    • Dusty Kelly, union official

    Michael Curtin, Kevin Sanson

    Chapter from the book: Curtin M. & Sanson K. 2017. Voices of Labor: Creativity, Craft, and Conflict in Global Hollywood.

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    Dusty Kelly worked in the film industry for a decade as a scene painter for films like Juno before becoming a union organizer in 2007. She is now vice president for IATSE Local 891 in Vancouver. In this conversation, Kelly discusses the dynamics of running a local union in a highly competitive, globalized industry. Although Canadian studios have been criticized for luring jobs away from Hollywood, she provides an alternative perspective.

    Disciplines:

    Media studies Social science 

    Keywords:

    Vancouver Runaway production Organized labor Productivity pressures IATSE VFX Canada Unionization Animation Labor organizing 

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    Curtin M. & Sanson K. 2017. Dusty Kelly, union official. In: Curtin M. & Sanson K, Voices of Labor. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.26.z
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    Published on March 3, 2017

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    https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.26.z