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Animation Guild & AMPTP “Trying To Find Some Common Ground” As Negotiations Restart Next Week
The Animation Guild rallied its members for a march on Netflix ahead of resumed negotiations next week
The Animation Guild(IATSE Local 839) is resuming negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers next week in the hopes of finalizing a new three-year deal before the contract expires yet again on Nov. 1. Members of most unions are looking for an airtight deal to help mend some of the issues that have only been exacerbated by the lack of jobs due to the massive production contraction that has impacted nearly all of Hollywood. While it’s not sophisticated enough to replace all human creatives, and it will be a long while before that happens (if it ever does), but especially in animation, workers say that it can already perform some of the basic tasks that were once included in entry level positions.
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