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In ‘The Disney Revolt,’ Jake Friedman Reveals How Walt Disney’s Animators Rebelled Against The Studio (Video Interview)

The Disney workers’ strike of 1941 changed animation forever, and Friedman’s book tells the whole story for the first time.

A bargaining unit of 100 production workers have joined animation workers and writers at the studio who were already covered by TAG.

The video revisits several now-legendary vfx horror stories and suggests ways that a collapse of the industry may be avoided.

The workers are the second N.Y.-based group to do so, after Titmouse workers voted to unionize in January of this year.

A judge has agreed that writer Jeffery Scott plausibly alleged that Disney used protectable elements of his work in the 2018 reboot.

Marvel may be the vfx industry bogeyman at present, but they’re certainly not the only studio exploiting artists and technicians.

Support for reform is growing as pro-animation WGA member Raphael Bob-Waksberg campaigns to join the organization’s board.

As Carell’s fee went viral, so to did a conversation about how artists are compensated for their work and their creations.

Visual effects workers who are on projects with “serious issues” may no longer work from home.

The group alleges the school mishandled student-on-student reports of sexual assault, sexual harassment, threats of violence, and stalking.

The workers filed to join The Animation Guild in May, and have now won voluntary recognition from Disney’s 20th Television Animation.

Animation workers voted 87% in favor of ratifying the new contract.

WIA returns to Annecy 2022 to host a series of panels, a fireside chat, and the first-ever Stories x Women initiative.

20th Television Animation chose not to voluntarily recognize the unit, so the workers are filing petitions for union elections with the NLRB.

After months of negotiations, animation workers in L.A. have reached a new labor agreement with animated film and tv producers.

Twenty-eight workers at Activision Blizzard’s Raven Software have become the first of the company’s 10,000 employees to unionize.

Workers at the Activision Blizzard subsidiary Raven say they’re still in favor of unionizing despite the company’s pleas.

After meeting with labor leaders, the president and vice-president tweeted their support for the organizers and their cause.

Pre- and post-production employees won union recognition through a card-check agreement.

Oasis animators voted to unionize in 2019, and will now be joined by comp, rigging, scene planning, storyboards, and layout and color workers.