Tag: labor rights
SAG-AFTRA Strikes ‘League of Legends’ (UPDATE with Statement from Riot)
SAG-AFTRA called a strike today against popular online game League of Legends, after a company that produces the game tried to subvert the video...
Powerhouse Animation Workers First Right-to-Work State Employees to Ratify Contract under TAG
The Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839) has announced that workers at Powerhouse Animation Studios in Austin, Texas have ratified their first contract since enrolling...
‘Stand with Animation’ Rally Brings the Industry Together (Photos)
On Saturday, The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839 welcomed a strong and impassioned turnout at its Stand with Animation! rally outside the IATSE Local...
Hollywood Unions Issue Statement of Support Ahead of Animation Guild Negotiations
Unions and guilds representing workers across the many varied strata of Hollywood's film and television production industry have joined together in support of The...
Animation Guild Plans Pre-Negotiations Rally, SAG Launches Picket for Video Game Strike
With less than two weeks to go until negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) begin on August 12, The...
DNEG Employees Face “Hundreds” of Layoffs
Right on the heels of the studio's announcing its new virtual production outfit DNEG 360 (in partnership with Dimension Studio), word is that hundreds...
Sesame Workshop Writers Ready to Strike
Writers at Sesame Workshop, the not-for-profit company behind the 50-plus-year perennial kids' classic Sesame Street, have voted unanimously to authorize a strike through the Writers...
DreamWorks Animation Production Workers Join Animation & Editors Guilds
Production workers from DreamWorks Animation (DWA) Television and Feature productions have officially voted to unionize under The Animation Guild (TAG), IATSE Local 839, and...
TAG-Unionized Nickelodeon Animation Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract
After negotiations spanning almost a year, The Animation Guild announces the ratification of a new contract for animation workers at Nickelodeon Animation Studios that...
SAG-AFTRA TV Animation Agreement Goes to Members for Ratification
The SAG-AFTRA 2023 Television Animation Agreements have been approved by the SAG-AFTRA Executive Committee, and the agreements will now be sent to members for...
The Animation Guild Cheers on Union Victories at DreamWorks, Flying Bark
Since 2021, The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839 (TAG) , has successfully organized nearly 1,200 production workers in its mission to champion the welfare...
Kickstart Ent. Becomes Third Studio in IATSE’s Canadian Animation Guild
Animation workers at Kickstart Entertainment have become the third animation studio group to join The Canadian Animation Guild IATSE Local 938. An application for...
She Drew That Publishes 2023 U.K. Animation Salary Report
Back in 2022, She Drew That shared out the Animation & VFX Union rates guide to its community, only to hear back that many...
Disney Production Workers Vote to Unionize Under IATSE/TAG
The Animation Guild (TAG), IATSE Local 839, announced Tuesday via X/Twitter that the production workers at Walt Disney Animation Studios have voted overwhelmingly in...
WGA Ratifies New Contract with AMPTP
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has announced the ratification of a 2023 minimum basic agreement with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television...
Marvel VFX Workers Swing Historic, Unanimous Vote to Unionize with IATSE
Marvel Studios visual effects workers unanimously voted in favor of unionizing with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) in an election held...
Disney VFX Workers File Request for Unionization Election
Visual effects crews at Walt Disney Pictures filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for an election to unionize with the backing of...
Marvel VFX Workers File for Unprecedented Union Election
Visual effects crews at Marvel Studios filed for a unionization election with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday. Entertainment union IATSE points out...
East Coast Animation Writers Join WGA Picket Lines in Push for Coverage
On Tuesday, roughly 100 people marched in support of the Writers Guild of America outside the Warner Bros. Discovery building on Park Avenue South...
Warner Bros. Animation & Cartoon Network Workers Push for Union with TAG
Production workers at sibling studios Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network have made a bid to unionize under The Animation Guild. A petition for...
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