The Animation Guild is back at the table with the studios this week, hoping to seal the deal on a new contract by Friday.
Last month, the union said it was still “far apart” from the studios on several key issues, prompting a second scheduled week of negotiations to hammer out the details. The negotiating committee voted to extend the contract until September 20 and, as the clock ticks, some in the animation community have taken matters into their own hands to raise awareness on the key issues plaguing these creatives.
“It’s really difficult, and it’s especially painful, because the animation industry was the only thing functioning in Hollywood during the lockdown. So whatever money they were making, they [were] making it from our labor,” Gene Goldstein, president of Jellybox Studio, told Deadline. “Then it seems like, as soon as there was a hint of a recession…the industry as...
Last month, the union said it was still “far apart” from the studios on several key issues, prompting a second scheduled week of negotiations to hammer out the details. The negotiating committee voted to extend the contract until September 20 and, as the clock ticks, some in the animation community have taken matters into their own hands to raise awareness on the key issues plaguing these creatives.
“It’s really difficult, and it’s especially painful, because the animation industry was the only thing functioning in Hollywood during the lockdown. So whatever money they were making, they [were] making it from our labor,” Gene Goldstein, president of Jellybox Studio, told Deadline. “Then it seems like, as soon as there was a hint of a recession…the industry as...
- 9/17/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
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