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SAG-AFTRA, AMPTP Strike Tentative TV Animation Deal

The union described the agreement as a successor to its hard-fought 2020 contracts which expired in June of last year.

The Animation Guild has asked both studios to voluntarily recognize their workers’ requests to join the union.

CEO Bob Bakish thanked the employees for helping to “advance [Paramount’s] mission of unleashing the power of content around the world.”

When Moonbug purchased the company in 2022, it employed 60 workers in Singapore.

IATSE and Hollywood Basic Crafts will jointly negotiate with the AMPTP on a new Motion Picture Pension and Health Plan .

The startling report makes one thing clear: generative AI is here today and wreaking havoc right now.

Gaming giant Embracer continues a restructuring made necessary by the collapse of a $2b investment deal in mid-2023.

The layoffs come three months after the company purchased Activision Blizzard for $69 billion.

The layoffs represent 11% of the company’s global workforce.

‘Burbank’ examines the 1941 faceoff between Walt Disney and animator and strike leader Art Babbit.

Tracking layoffs across the animation, vfx, and gaming industries.

For the second year in a row, Disney-owned Pixar will undergo major layoffs.

The union and game developers have been negotiating a new contract for more than a year, and there is hope that this deal will reignite those talks.

Study organizers suggest animation students should be taught “the importance of negotiating skills in their curriculum.”

Workers in Canada continue to gain momentum in their efforts to organize the country’s animation industry.

Workers at James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment follow in-house professionals at Marvel and Disney in seeking IATSE representation.

Hasbro is predicting a 15% drop in sales in 2023. Could the company reverse that trend next year with the release of ‘Transformers One’?

TAG says the studio’s decision was influenced by a recent NLRB ruling regarding production workers at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

This is the first time that remote workers have attempted to unionize with TAG, and the organization hopes others will join them.

According to organizers, talks are underway at DNEG Montreal and Toronto to follow suit.