The Animation Guild Reaches Tentative Agreement With AMPTP
The tentative deal will now go before Animation Guild members for a ratification vote.
Artist Rights
PBS Strike Averted As WGA Reaches New Deal For Writers, Including First-Ever Protections For Children’s Animation Writers
The Writers Guild of America is increasing its representation of writers who work in children’s animation.
Aardman Animations To Lay Off 15% Of Its Core Staff
The studio also revealed that it was unprofitable last year because of slow sales on the series ‘Lloyd of the Flies.’
Lionsgate Signs Deal With AI Company Runway, Hopes That AI Can Eliminate Storyboard Artists and VFX Crews
The studi says that replacing human artists with AI will save “millions and millions of dollars.”
Workers At Austin’s Powerhouse Animation Studios Vote Overwhelmingly In Favor Of Joining The Animation Guild
Powerhouse is the first Texas animation studio to join a union.
Report: ‘Inside Out 2’ Artists Had To Crunch Seven Days A Week For Months To Finish Film
“Morale is really low because people no longer trust that they’re being led with their best interests at heart,” said one former Pixar employee.
U.K. Animators Are Being Asked To Share Data For The She Drew That 2024 U.K. Animation Salary Rate Survey
The survey is designed to create transparency on how much animation workers make in the U.K.
Quebec’s Animation And VFX Industries Are Collapsing, Over 50% Of All Jobs Lost In 20 Months
The animation industry in Montreal, the province’s hub of animation and vfx production, is in decline.
Animation Workers And Studios Fail To Reach Deal After First Week Of Negotiations: “Disappointing But Not Surprising”
A new round of talks has been scheduled for mid-September.
Huge Turnout For Animation Solidarity Rally Ahead Of AMPTP Negotiations (VIDEO)
Animation workers in Los Angeles are fired up as they prepare to take on the world’s biggest entertainment companies.
Major Hollywood Unions And Guilds Issue Joint Statement Urging Studios To ‘Value And Respect’ Animation Workers
The statement comes ahead of negotiations between animation workers and studios for a new collective bargaining agreement.
Animation Worker Rally In Burbank Wants Cartoon Fans To Come Out And Show Support
Ahead of new contract negotiations with studios, The Animation Guild is holding a rally this weekend in Burbank.
Apple Studios Visual Effects Workers File For Election To Unionize With IATSE
The group of 17 workers is employed across Apple Studios shows and films such as ‘Government Cheese,’ ‘Surface,’ and ‘Outcome.’
Pixar Undertakes Biggest Layoffs In History, Hundreds To Be Let Go
Approximately 14% of the studio’s staff is being laid off.
An Industry Worker Explains Why The U.S. Animation Industry Is Collapsing
The U.S. animation industry might look bleak right now, but it could still get a lot worse.
DNEG To Lay Off Hundreds Of VFX Workers
Workers are bracing for layoffs to hit at the company’s studios in the U.K. and Canada.
Workers At Vancouver’s Icon Creative Studio Announce Plans To Unionize
With nearly 800 workers, Icon is one of Vancouver’s largest animation industry employers.
160 Production Workers Have Unionized At Dreamworks Animation
The workers will be covered under the Animation Guild and the Motion Picture Editors Guild.
New Survey Shows Japan’s Animation Workers Are Overworked, Underpaid, And Regularly Face Harassment
The study warns, “If things continue like this, the technology in the anime industry will eventually stagnate, and the industry itself may collapse.”
SAG-AFTRA Voice Actors Ratify TV Animation Contract With New AI Protections
Union members nationwide voted 95.52% to 4.48% in favor of the new deal.
