Yahoo

Hollywood's animation workers are unionizing at a rapid pace. Here's why

Animation Guild organizer Allison Smartt, left, and Disney Animation production coordinator Maggie Hughes, seen outside the Animation Guild headquarters in Burbank. They were key to the recent effort ...
Yahoo

Nickelodeon animation production workers become latest group to push for unionization

After a long day working on Nickelodeon's popular show "Big Nate," 25-year-old Claire Norris gets home to the Glendale apartment she shares and looks for dog walking and pet sitting gigs in her free ...
Cartoon Brew

Tangent Animation Ordered To Pay Workers Who Were Abruptly Laid Off

One of the most surprising stories of the year happened back in August when the Canadian animation studio Tangent Animation, which produced the animation for Netflix’s Maya and the Three, abruptly ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Behind the Animation Guild’s Push to Organize Production Workers

The guild, part of IATSE, is aggressively expanding efforts to target staffers in new roles and at companies beyond Los Angeles County in a bid to strengthen leverage with studios. By Katie Kilkenny ...
Cartoon Brew

Major Hollywood Unions And Guilds Issue Joint Statement Urging Studios To ‘Value And Respect’ Animation Workers

With just a few days before the beginning of contract negotiations between animation workers and entertainment companies, the animation community is getting some love and support from other Hollywood ...
TheWrap

Nickelodeon Animation Voluntarily Recognizes Production Workers Union With Animation Guild

The Animation Guild announced on Tuesday that Nickelodeon Animation has agreed to voluntarily recognize it as the bargaining representative for the studio’s production workers after the overwhelming ...