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A new study shows that California’s animation industry is in dire condition and without stronger government support, the industry could collapse.
The milestone contract marks the first time that production management workers at a feature animation studio have gained representation through The Animation Guild.
After months of negotiations, members have ratified a new agreement that will be in effect until 2027.
The tentative deal will now go before Animation Guild members for a ratification vote.
Powerhouse is the first Texas animation studio to join a union.
A new round of talks has been scheduled for mid-September.
Animation workers in Los Angeles are fired up as they prepare to take on the world’s biggest entertainment companies.
The statement comes ahead of negotiations between animation workers and studios for a new collective bargaining agreement.
Ahead of new contract negotiations with studios, The Animation Guild is holding a rally this weekend in Burbank.
The workers will be covered under the Animation Guild and the Motion Picture Editors Guild.
For the first time in TAG history, employees will now have access to three days of bereavement leave
The Animation Guild has asked both studios to voluntarily recognize their workers’ requests to join the union.
IATSE and Hollywood Basic Crafts will jointly negotiate with the AMPTP on a new Motion Picture Pension and Health Plan .
The startling report makes one thing clear: generative AI is here today and wreaking havoc right now.
TAG says the studio’s decision was influenced by a recent NLRB ruling regarding production workers at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
This is the first time that remote workers have attempted to unionize with TAG, and the organization hopes others will join them.
Virginia becomes the fifth state in which TAG will represent animation industry workers.
This is the third group of Disney employees to vote in favor of unionizing in the last three months.
The Disney Company still hasn’t voluntarily recognized the unit of workers nor negotiated in good faith to reach an agreement with these workers.
The fight to get animation writers included among the ranks of the Writers Guild of America is moving forward – at least on the east coast.