Animation Guild, AMPTP To Resume Bargaining in September; No Deal Reached This Week
variety.comCarolyn Giardina 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.
TAG, which represents an estimated 5,000 artists, technicians, writers and production workers in the animation industry, began bargaining with the entity representing producers on Aug.
12. The Master Agreement expires on Friday; traditionally it would be extended during this period. As with Hollywood’s other recent labor negotiations including the WGAand 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.
In preparation for these negotiations, TAG partnered with CAA and CVL Economics earlier this year on an impact study, which forecast 29% of animation jobs being potentially disrupted in the next three years.
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