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 ...
Yahoo

Walt Disney Animation Studios Production Workers Ratify Historic First Union Contract

Production management workers at Walt Disney Animation Studios have officially ratified their first union contract with the studio. This agreement comes after an intense organizing effort that saw a ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Walt Disney Animation Studios Production Workers Vote to Unionize in Labor Board Election

Production coordinators, production managers and production supervisors at the 'Wish' studio have demonstrated a majority support for joining The Animation Guild. By Katie Kilkenny Labor & Media ...
Variety

Nickelodeon Recognizes Production Workers as Members of Animation Guild

Nickelodeon Animation Studios has agreed to voluntarily recognize 177 production workers as members of the Animation Guild, avoiding the need for an NLRB election. The Animation Guild — also known as ...
TheWrap

Disney Production Workers March at Burbank Lot With Animation Guild to Demand Unionization

The Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839) staged what it called a “solidarity walk” around Walt Disney Studios in Burbank with dozens of the studio’s animation production workers in protest of Disney’s ...
Cartoon Brew

Production Workers At Titmouse LA Move To Unionize With The Animation Guild

Production workers at Titmouse Los Angeles are the latest industry workers who are filing to join The Animation Guild and begin collective bargaining for their first union contract. Who exactly is ...

Lyrical Media Acquires Line Mileage, Launches Animation Division Led By Jacob Robinson

EXCLUSIVE: Lyrical Media has acquired Line Mileage and launched Lyrical Animation to tap into global demand for adult ...
GamesIndustry

ANIMATION PRODUCTION VETERAN KEN DUER JOINS THROWBACK ENTERTAINMENT AS PRESIDENT, MEDIA

TORONTO - March 7, 2008 - Throwback Entertainment, a publisher of immersive interactive entertainment, today announced animation production veteran Ken Duer has joined the company as president, media.
Cartoon Brew

French Animation’s Production Costs Hit All-Time High In 2019, As Foreign Investment Surged

Yesterday, we wrote about a new report on employment in France’s animation industry, which was presented at the Rencontres Animation Formation convention. The same event saw the launch of a separate ...
TheWrap

Disney Animation Production Management Workers Ratify First Union Contract

Disney production workers gather at the studio's Burbank headquarters (Courtesy of Animation Guild) Production management workers at Walt Disney Animation Studios have ratified their first labor ...
Variety

Walt Disney Animation Studios Production Workers Vote to Unionize With IATSE

Walt Disney Animation Studios production workers have voted to unionize, the Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839) announced Wednesday. In a National Labor Relations Board ballot count, 63 production ...