Animation Guild Members Rally For Fair Contract in Burbank, Calif. – CB
A number of hundred Animation Guild members and their supporters rallied right now in Burbank, loudly demanding a good contract from the Alliance of Movement Image & Tv Producers. Carrying indicators that say “New deal 4 animation” and “Cartoons are severe enterprise,” the rallygoers chanted, “New contract, new deal,” and “TAG United won’t ever be…
A number of hundred Animation Guild members and their supporters rallied right now in Burbank, loudly demanding a good contract from the Alliance of Movement Image & Tv Producers.
Carrying indicators that say “New deal 4 animation” and “Cartoons are severe enterprise,” the rallygoers chanted, “New contract, new deal,” and “TAG United won’t ever be defeated.” Labor and administration final met on the bargaining desk on March 2, and can resume talks on Tuesday.
Steve Kaplan, enterprise rep of The Animation Guild, IATSE Native 839, who was supposed to talk at right now’s rally, did ot attend as a result of he’s recovering from Covid-19.
Audio system at right now’s rally included Michael Miller, IATSE’s 4th worldwide vice chairman, and Jeanette Moreno King, the guild’s president.
The guild’s present contact had initially been set to run out final July 29, however has been prolonged a number of instances to permit the on-again, off-again bargaining to proceed.
The guild and the AMPTP have agreed to a press blackout on the talks. However going into the negotiations, leaders of the 5,000-member guild informed their members that main points they supposed to boost on the bargaining desk included higher phrases for streaming reveals, a big pay enhance for animation writers, and an outsized increase for the guild’s lowest-paid crafts.