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Vancouver / B.C.: BCCFU working terms and Actsafe safety handbooks.

Actsafe publishes film-specific safety bulletins used as industry references. Use the original documents for the task you are planning, then check Saskatchewan requirements.

Find the bulletin for the task

Open Actsafe’s bulletin index and check the document’s scope and revision date. Make sure it covers the equipment and activity involved.

Use it in the safety discussion

Ask who is responsible for the task, what training is required and how the crew will be briefed. Having a handbook on set is not a substitute for those arrangements.

Check pay and contract terms separately

B.C. pay rates and working conditions do not automatically apply to a Saskatchewan job. Rate comparisons need the agreement, crew classification, production category and effective dates.

For a pay or safety decision, confirm the requirements and agreement that cover your job. These links are not a crew rate sheet.

Working agreement examples

BCCFU agreement terms

BCCFU agreement, 2025–2028. Examples of negotiated terms for covered B.C. productions; they do not describe every Vancouver set.

B.C. Council of Film Unions Master Agreement, 2025–2028 (opens in a new tab)

Covered BCCFU crew; ordinary days 1–5

Ordinary days 1–5: 1.5× after 8 paid hours, 2× after 12, 3× after 15.

Passage, source date & limits

Article 4.06(a)–(c), printed p. 19

Minimum calls, sixth/seventh days, holidays, over-scale arrangements and special categories have other provisions.

BCCFU / negotiating producers · Checked Nov 11, 2026 · PDF page 28

B.C. Council of Film Unions Master Agreement, 2025–2028 (opens in a new tab)

Covered BCCFU crew

Sets meal scheduling, break length and late-meal payments. The ordinary first-meal interval is six hours.

Passage, source date & limits

Articles 6.01–6.04, printed pp. 25–26

Special meal schedules and department provisions exist. This is not Saskatchewan’s statutory meal-break interval.

BCCFU / negotiating producers · Checked Nov 11, 2026 · PDF page 34

B.C. Council of Film Unions Master Agreement, 2025–2028 (opens in a new tab)

IATSE 891 under the BCCFU agreement

Provides a 10-hour daily turnaround for this bargaining unit, with encroachment provisions and specified exceptions.

Passage, source date & limits

IATSE 891 Appendix A, A1.20(a), printed pp. 53–54

Do not apply this appendix to Teamsters, DGC, performers or every B.C. crew member.

BCCFU / negotiating producers · Checked Nov 11, 2026 · PDF page 62