Crew and performers quick reference
Four agreements, compared where they matter. They do not all say the same thing.
- BCCFU — BCCFU Master Agreement 2025-2028
- UBCP — UBCP/ACTRA BCMPA, Article A1301 as amended by the 2025-2028 MOA
- DGC — DGC BC Collective Agreement 2025-2028
- SAG — Not held in this project's sources
Worth checking. SAG-AFTRA is not held in this project’s sources. Every SAG figure below came from a person, not a document, and is marked that way rather than given a citation it hasn’t earned. Confirm SAG figures against your own contract.
Where the agreements disagree
| Rule | BCCFU | UBCP | DGC | SAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily rest between days | 10 hr | 11 hr | 10 hr | 12 hr |
| Out-of-zone travel time | Paid at straight time, capped at 0.5 hr/day | — | Paid as working time, no cap | — |
| Six-day rest (working a 6th day in 7) | 34 continuous hours, includes the 10 hr daily rest | — | — | — |
| Meal interval | Every 6 hr from call, or from end of the previous meal | — | — | — |
| First meal length | 30 min minimum, unpaid | — | — | — |
| Second meal | Paid through as time worked — not deducted | — | — | — |
| Time rounding | Tenths of an hour, any portion rounds UP | — | — | — |
| Mileage rate (2025-2027 term) | $0.35 → $0.43 → $0.48 → $0.55 by effective date | — | $0.35 → $0.43 → $0.48 → $0.55 by effective date | — |
Daily rest between days
UBCP was 10 hr under the 2021-2024 BCMPA. The amendment is conditional on when the production commenced principal photography, not on today's date — a show already shooting when the 2025-2028 MOA took effect stays on 10.
bccfu: A1.20(a)(i)ubcp: A1301, as amended by the 2025-2028 MOA item 7dgc: Article 22 turnaround provisionssag: Not sourced — as given, not read from a document
Out-of-zone travel time
The single most important disagreement on this page. Applying the wrong agreement here is wrong on the number that goes on a timecard, not just technically wrong.
bccfu: 5.03(a)dgc: 22.6(c)
Six-day rest (working a 6th day in 7)
Encroachment is paid at 2x the end-of-shift rate, capped at 3x straight time, from the start of the next call through the end of the encroached 34-hour period.
bccfu: A1.20(b)
Second meal
The rule that costs someone real money if a timecard deducts it anyway.
bccfu: 6.03
Mileage rate (2025-2027 term)
BCCFU and DGC use the identical escalating table at the identical effective dates: April 1 2025, April 6 2025, April 5 2026, April 4 2027 — this is exactly why a mileage figure needs the work date, not just the agreement. DGC was flat $0.35 under the 2021-2024 text; the 2025-2028 agreement replaced that with this table.
bccfu: 5.02, 5.04dgc: 22.6(b)
Meal penalty scale
Cumulative bands. Each is applied in order — the first 12 minutes are always free, then $7.50 flat, then per-tenth rates.
| Lateness | Charge | Article |
|---|---|---|
| First 0.2 hr (12 min) | No penalty | 6.04(a) |
| Next 0.3 hr (18 min) | $7.50 flat, for any portion | 6.04(b) |
| Next 1 hr | $2.50 per tenth, rounded up | 6.04(c) |
| Thereafter | $3.00 per tenth, rounded up | 6.04(d) |
BCCFU Master Agreement 2025-2028, Article 6.04
“Shall not be scheduled or abused.” Rounding is per Article 4.05: tenths of an hour, any portion rounds up.
Meal timing
Meal timing
Must fall within 2 hours of general crew call. Does not count as the first meal.
Travel
Travel
Not an optional courtesy on the timecard — declining it forfeits the entitlement.
A provision worth knowing to ask for — it is not automatic.
This card summarizes; it does not replace the applicable collective agreement. Where this card and the agreement differ, the agreement governs.