2011 Local News Archive

VIDEO FROM SPECIAL MEETING RE: BCMPA NEGOTIATIONS - Special Membership Meeting Negotiations Update (4 part video – links are below) We want to hear from you - your comments or suggestions on the producer’s proposed rollbacks.  Please email the BCMPA Bargaining Committee at: BCMPANegotiation@ubcp.com Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
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BCMPA Negotiations Update - BCMPA NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE – January 20,2012 Many are wondering how BCMPA negotiations are going since the Special Membership meeting held in late November of last year. At that Meeting, it was made quite clear that UBCP Members would not accept any rollbacks to wages and fringe benefits. The Negotiating Producers, through the AMPTP, were informed [...]
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UBCP Office will be closed on Friday November 11th - The office will be closed for Remembrance Day on November 11th and will re-open on Monday November 14th at 9 AM.
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UBCP Master Production Agreement Negotiations - The Union is looking for Full, Apprentice and Background Extra Members who wish to participate in the Caucus during the upcoming negotiations of the BC Master Production Agreement.
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Arts & Entertainment Plan - Greetings: A clear benefit of Full UBCP/ACTRA Membership is access to health and dental benefits through Actra Fraternal Benefit Society (AFBS) and Member Benefits Trust (MBT). We all agree about that – we need a safety net in this topsy-turvy world. But as Apprentice Members or UBCP Background Extra Members, you had to find other [...]
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BC Film Unions Won’t Cross Picket Line to Attend VIFF Party - UBCP learned this morning that tonight’s Vancouver International Film Festival’s “After Party” is being held at Rocky Mountain Station – a venue which in June locked out 108 employees and has since been using replacement workers.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL - The Union of BC Performers is initiating a new campaign to inform independent filmmakers, like you, of the benefits of shooting UBCP. We want to fund your next short film!
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GST/HST Ruling - The Union of BC Performers has received an official ruling directly from the Canada Revenue Agency that states that US Residual Fees that a Canadian Actor receives from a 100% US-based Company are a zero-rated supply. This means that they are taxable but at the rate of 0%.
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Petition to Amend Section A204 of the BCMPA (Associate Stunt Coordinator) - Please read and sign the petition link to make it mandatory for a Canadian Stunt Coordinator to be present on all productions that require a Stunt Coordinator in the B.C.
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Press Release – The Killing Emmy Awards - UBCP APPLAUDS ITS MEMBERS FOR SUCCESSFUL TV SERIES THE KILLING – Highly praised series earns numerous Emmy® Award Nominations: Winners to be announced September 18
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