DGC members who’ve worked under an NFB contract have ratified the new agreement, which covers 2022 to 2025.
ACTRA’s B.C. arm is soliciting signatures and calling for new regulations for child performers and their future investments.
Op-Ed: Thomas Conway (pictured) on the need for a safe and understanding space for writers to comfortably and confidently disclose their disabilities.
The CMPA has cancelled all in-person events for the conference but now plans to start it a day early, on Feb. 2.
The three-year deal includes a 3% annual pay raise as well as protections for child performers, new standards for scenes involving nudity and auditions, as well as additional temporary COVID-19 provisions.
The deal, which must still be ratified, marks the tentative close of negotiations for three national IPAs for CMPA, including NABET and the DGC.
Plus: The CMPA has appointed a director of policy, and Sphere adds to Montreal scripted and unscripted teams
Survey paints portrait of highly educated and skilled professionals who lack access to skills development programs, unions and guilds, and work, on average, only half the year.
The agreement, which still needs to be ratified by union members, includes a 54-hour weekend rest period and enhanced wages and working conditions for new media.
Alistair Hepburn will succeed veteran Sue Milling after the pair helped develop pandemic protocols that put the screen industry back to work.
Noble takes over from David Sparrow, who has stepped down as ACTRA National president after two terms in the role.