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Two Animation Guild Leaders Oppose Contract Over AI Provisions: ‘This Is the Time to Fight’
Mike Rianda and Joey Clift, members of the Animation Guild negotiating committee, said the contract does not do enough to protect members from AI.
The contract already includes language allowing the studios to implement “technological change,” provided they offer retraining and severance pay to displaced workers. Paula Spence, an art director who serves on the committee, said it was clear in the negotiation that neither side knows how AI will play out, but that employers were concerned about putting themselves at a disadvantage to non-unionized competitors. She also noted that the deal includes many other significant gains, such as the elimination of lower “unit rates” for timers and storyboard artists, which the union has been seeking for years.
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