IATSE, Teamsters, and Hollywood Basic Crafts to Jointly Negotiate MPIPHP Benefits with AMPTP

[Omaha Steve]

2024.01.31

For the first time since 1988, IATSE, Teamsters, IBEW, OPCMIA, UA and LiUNA! will bargain pension and health benefits together with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP

(LOS ANGELES) – The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Hollywood Basic Crafts, which includes Teamsters Local 399, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 40 (IBEW), Laborers International Union of North America Local 724 (LiUNA!), United Association Plumbers Local 78 (UA) and Operating Plasterers & Cement Masons International Association (OPCMIA) Local 755, announced today that they will be jointly bargaining their shared Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plan proposals in the 2024 bargaining cycle with the AMPTP.

While the unions have observed each other’s negotiations at the table, this will be the first time since 1988 that the unions will be directly collaborating on key contract provisions that address retirement and health benefits.

Historically, negotiations for the IATSE Hollywood Basic Agreement and the IATSE Area Standard Agreement preceded the Hollywood Basic Crafts’ negotiations with the AMPTP. This year, IATSE, the Hollywood Basic Crafts will begin bargaining for The Motion Picture Pension and Health Plan (MPIPHP or MPI) benefits together the first week of March. From there, IATSE will continue negotiations of these contracts and local union specific issues. Teamsters and Hollywood Basic Crafts are expected to bargain with the AMPTP in early June for their local classification specific issues.

The Motion Picture Pension and Health Plan serves more than 75,000 active and retiree participants. The Plans are governed by separate Boards of Directors appointed in equal number by the participating unions and employers.

FULL story: https://teamster.org/2024/01/iatse-teamsters-and-hollywood-basic-crafts-to-jointly-negotiate-mpiphp-benefits-with-amptp/