IATSE and the Canadian Media Producers Association, representing indie producers, have reached a tentative deal for film set trailers and craft service workers in Ontario, a key production hub for Hollywood.
The new deal adds to a stable labor environment for American and local producers that shoot in Canada over a year after the Hollywood actors and writers strikes. The agreement, which replaces one that expires on Dec. 31, 2024, and follows recent negotiations, awaits ratification by members of IATSE Local 411.
“Local 411 is happy to have reached a tentative agreement that meaningfully addresses many of our members’ priorities,” Anne Paynter, business agent, IATSE Local 411, said in a statement.
The deal between IATSE and the CMPA covers workplace pay rates and conditions for craft service workers and honeywagons, or portable trailers where film cast and creatives are housed while on a production location.
“Through effective collective bargaining, we have reached a fair agreement that helps maintain stability in Ontario’s media production sector, and I thank the individuals on both sides of the table for their commitment,” Sean Porter, vp of national industrial relations and counsel for the CMPA, added in his own statement.
The IATSE deal follows similar labor pacts being signed in Canada to preserve labor peace, including The Directors Guild of Canada’s British Columbia branch recently ratifying a new three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, representing Hollywood producers, and its local counterpart, the CMPA.
Elsewhere, the Writers Guild of Canada and the CMPA also agreed on terms for a new labor contract. Terms of the latest Independent Production Agreement cover rates and workplace conditions for Canadian writers, story editors and story consultants.
