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‘Saturday Night Live’ VFX Workers To Unionize With IATSE

SNL visual effects workers have received voluntary recognition from their employer as a new 16-member bargaining unit under IATSE

The 16-member bargaining unit, all of whom unanimously supported the move, have also received voluntary recognition by their employer, the union revealed Monday. While much of SNL relies on practical effects, the VFX workers are largely responsible for the pre-recorded digital shorts, like last year’s HBO Mario Kart trailer or the recent My Best Friend’s House music video featuring Ariana Grande. Positions such as art directors, camera operators, sound, editors, hair & makeup artists, costumers, script supervisors, grips, lighting, props, painters and many others historically have been represented by IATSE in film and television, but workers in VFX classifications have not

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