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Animation Guild, AMPTP To Resume Bargaining in September, No Deal Reached This Week
The IATSE local representing an estimated 5,000 artists, writers and additional workers in animation.
The Animation Guild(IATSE Local 839) and AMPTP concluded this week of bargaining without a deal, and intends to resume negotiations for a new three-year contact in mid September, Variety has learned. As with Hollywood’s other recent labor negotiations including the WGA and SAG-AFTRA bargaining that led to last year’s historic double strike, central issues for the Animation Guild included Gen AI protections amid worries about potential job displacement. Others key issues that were expected to be addressed during the negotiations included layoffs and outsourcing.
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