Sixty-Three Walt Disney Animation Studios production employees vote to unionize with IATSE
A major change is happening within Walt Disney Animation Studios, as a new report from THR states that sixty-three Walt Disney Animation Studios production employees have voted to unionize. The group of sixty-three employees includes production coordinators, production managers, and production supervisors, and they voted to join The Animation Guild in a National Labor Relations Board ballot count on Wednesday.
Production coordinator Maggie Hughes said that the win"exemplifies the core of why we're unionizing" in a statement. Hughes added,"We knew throughout this process that everyone in our unit deserves to be eligible but the company still decided to pursue this long and arduous process in an attempt to divide us."
Alongside that announcement, Production Coordinator Shannon Henley said,"Even though I love my job, I regularly must consider if I should instead find a job with better pay, better hours, better benefits, and a more viable career path forward. Joining TAG gives me hope that I'll no longer have to consider leaving my dream job in order to live comfortably."
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