The union says that hundreds attended the event, which protested the decline in animation employment in the L.A. area and called for movement on core asks during the negotiations.
Animation workers marched to the DreamWorks Animation offices on Tuesday to deliver a petition demanding a “fair deal” less than a week before their union contract negotiations restart.
Workers and supporters walked to the company’s location in Glendale to deliver a petition that the union previously presented to Netflix during a similar demonstration on Oct. 24. The union says that hundreds attended this latest demonstration.
The union’s petition claims that executives have recently canceled animated projects, curtailed production schedules and budgets and sent union work elsewhere, to cheaper jurisdictions. “We kept content alive during the COVID lockdown yet we are now losing our healthcare, homes, and livelihoods,” the document states.
Signed by over 58,000 people, the document further states that in its current negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers the union is asking for wage increases, generative AI protections and restrictions on the outsourcing of local work. According to the union, these top issues remain on the table. “TAG members deserve a fair deal that sustains our industry with livable wages and job security.
Animator Ashley McGivern said in a statement, “I came out here because I’m personally sick and tired of there not being a sustainable model for us.” She added, “In particular, have been outsourced for the better part of 30 to 40 years, and we’re often under-appreciated. Now this is starting to happen to storyboard artists and layout artists, and I don’t want to see this industry dissolve.
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