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Friday, April 05, 2024
DreamWorks Workers Vote to Join the Animation and Editors Guilds
www.hollywoodreporter.com: DreamWorks Animation production workers are joining their artist and technician colleagues in being represented by the Animation Guild and their editor colleagues in being represented by the Motion Picture Editors Guild.
2 comments:
Julia He
said...
The move for DreamWorks Animation production workers to join unions is a big deal for everyone working in animation. It means they’re fighting for better pay, nicer work conditions, and the respect they deserve. It's not just about making things better for the people working there now. It’s also about making sure that folks who want to work in animation in the future can do so without worrying about their pay or being treated poorly. This step is kind of like what we see with the Actors' Equity Association in the theater world, where actors and stage managers come together to make sure they’re treated right. It’s a sign that people are starting to see the hard work that goes into production as something valuable that needs to be protected. It’s a good sign that the animation industry is moving in the right direction. By joining these unions, the DreamWorks crew is joining forces with others in the business to stand up for what they need and deserve. It shows how coming together can really make a difference in improving their work lives.
I am not too ashamed to admit that this article confused me a little bit. I understood the big bullet points. DreamWorks employees are now in unions. and unions are growing. And it’s for worker protection, but also comes at a time where it was needed. What confuses me a bit is the logistics in between since I am not myself in a union yet, I am still unclear as to unions in the workplace, and who does, does not have to be in a union. Because I know in theaters, you have union and nonunion houses, and you can work on two different types of contracts, so when they voted to unionized or not, and unionizing one, do only the people who voted yes, become part of the union? it’s these types of logistics that confused me in the article. I’m also slightly confused by the different unions. Well, I am sure they are all necessary for their own reasons, I find it interesting how the animation and films unions are so specific, where, IATSE covers so much of production work. So I find it interesting which unions people ended up in.
2 comments:
The move for DreamWorks Animation production workers to join unions is a big deal for everyone working in animation. It means they’re fighting for better pay, nicer work conditions, and the respect they deserve. It's not just about making things better for the people working there now. It’s also about making sure that folks who want to work in animation in the future can do so without worrying about their pay or being treated poorly. This step is kind of like what we see with the Actors' Equity Association in the theater world, where actors and stage managers come together to make sure they’re treated right. It’s a sign that people are starting to see the hard work that goes into production as something valuable that needs to be protected. It’s a good sign that the animation industry is moving in the right direction. By joining these unions, the DreamWorks crew is joining forces with others in the business to stand up for what they need and deserve. It shows how coming together can really make a difference in improving their work lives.
I am not too ashamed to admit that this article confused me a little bit. I understood the big bullet points. DreamWorks employees are now in unions. and unions are growing. And it’s for worker protection, but also comes at a time where it was needed. What confuses me a bit is the logistics in between since I am not myself in a union yet, I am still unclear as to unions in the workplace, and who does, does not have to be in a union. Because I know in theaters, you have union and nonunion houses, and you can work on two different types of contracts, so when they voted to unionized or not, and unionizing one, do only the people who voted yes, become part of the union? it’s these types of logistics that confused me in the article. I’m also slightly confused by the different unions. Well, I am sure they are all necessary for their own reasons, I find it interesting how the animation and films unions are so specific, where, IATSE covers so much of production work. So I find it interesting which unions people ended up in.
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