2023 was a labor-heavy year for the entertainment industry thanks to the Hollywood strikes.
2023 has been a union-heavy year, and in the case of Disney, it’s seen the formation of entirely new unions.
A unit of VFX artists at Walt Disney Pictures has successfully voted to unionize with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, marking another step forward in the swath of labor movements sweeping Hollywood this year—and another vital step in the
Today, after all votes have been counted by the National Labor Relations Board, IATSE stated that
Just three weeks after 52 visual effects workers at Marvel Studios announced they had filed a unionization vote with the National Labor Relations Board, 18 more internal VFX employees at Marvel parent company Disney have now also moved to form their own
The road to unionization in the VFX and animation industries has been long and difficult. There’s a predatory bidding system, studios that take advantage of contracts, and a massive base of freelancers who need to work.
Almost a full year after allegations of overwork and poor conditions, the visual effects staff at Marvel Studios is forming its own union.
While there have been some efforts toward unionizing animation writers, there hasn’t been much movement.
