Updated 7.24.26.

Since IATSE's ratification of the Basic Agreement in 2024, several contract provisions have rolled out on a staggered timeline. With a new wave of changes taking effect in 2026, we've put together what you need to know about what's changing and when. 

Wages

📌 Editor's note (July 2026): The August 2026 rate increase below takes effect August 2, 2026.

• General Increases:
  • Effective August 4, 2024 - 7% increase
  • Effective August 3, 2025 - 4% increase
  • Effective August 2, 2026 - 3.5% increase
• Sideletter wage changes:
  • Projects where principal photography started on or after 8/4/24 that before would have been subject to previous year or two years rates (a.k.a. rollback rates), have rates that are a 3% reduction of the regular studio or distant location rates.

MPI Pension and Health Plan

📌 Editor's note (July 2026): The August 2026 rate increases below take effect August 2, 2026.

• Premium Rate (Non-$15 million contributors):
  • Effective August 4, 2024 - Increased from $12.3775 per hour to $14.0275 per hour
  • Effective August 3, 2025 - Increased from $14.0275 per hour to $14.8875 per hour
  • Effective August 2, 2026 - Increase from $14.8875 per hour to $15.7475 per hour
• Basic Rate ($15 million contributors): 
  • Effective August 4, 2024 - Increased from $8.1275 per hour to $9.5175 per hour
  • Effective August 3, 2025 - Increased from $9.5175 per hour to $9.9675 per hour
  • Effective August 2, 2026 - Increase from $9.9675 per hour to $10.4175 per hour

CSATF Contribution Rate

📌 Editor's note (July 2026): The August 2026 rate increases below take effect August 2, 2026.

• Basic CSATF Rate:
  • Effective August 4, 2024 - Increased from $0.60 per hour to $0.63 per hour
  • Effective August 2, 2026 - Increase from $0.63 per hour to $0.66 per hour
• IATSE Local 871 POCs, APOCs, and Art Coordinators:
  • Effective August 4, 2024 - Increased from $0.0920 per hour to $0.0966 per hour
  • Effective August 2, 2026 - Increase from $0.0966 per hour to $0.1012 per hour
• IATSE  Local 871 Script Coordinators and Writers’ Room Assistants:
  • Effective August 4, 2024 - Increased from $0.0708 per hour to $0.0743 per hour
  • Effective August 2, 2026 - Increase from $0.0743 per hour to $0.0779 per hour

Overtime

• Triple time is now paid after 15 elapsed hours in a workday.
• Double time under the special conditions sideletters is now paid after 12 worked hours instead of 14 elapsed hours.

Rest Period Penalty

• Penalties that call for additional straight time for invaded hours are now additional double time for invaded hours.
• Invaded time of one-half hour or less is paid for a minimum of one-half hour of additional double time.
• Invaded time longer than one-half hour is paid in one-tenth hour increments.

Holidays

• Effective January 1, 2025 - Juneteenth was added as a holiday.
• Effective January 1, 2025 - The holiday accrual percentage increased from 4% to 4.583%.

Travel Days

• Hours for travel only days are now included in MPIPHP benefit calculations. The actual hours traveled are included, with a minimum of 4 hours and a maximum of 8 hours.

On Call 7th Days

• When required by the Producer to work on a 7th consecutive day, On Call classifications receive two times one-fifth of the weekly rate.

Other

• Transportation allowance is now paid when EE is required to report to a location in the secondary zone.

Sick Leave

• Effective January 1, 2025 - Increased from a maximum of 48 hours (6 days) to a maximum of 80 hours (10 days).
• Effective January 1, 2025 - The required amount of days the employee must be employed by the producer to request sick pay was reduced from 90 days to 45 days.
• Effective January 1, 2025 - The bank of sick time carried over into the next employment year increased from 24 hours (3 days) to 40 hours (5 days).

Bereavement Leave

•  Effective August 4, 2024 - An employee is allowed up to 3 days of bereavement leave in the event of the death of a family member.

➡️ While here, you can also check the SAG-AFTRA Basic & TV MOA: Ratified Contract Changes and Effective Dates, which has effective dates running through June 30, 2030.

For more labor relations updates, check out our latest labor relations blogs.

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