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‘Tooning Out the News’ Animators Vote ‘Overwhelmingly’ to Unionize

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“I was so inspired by my colleagues at Titmouse New York taking the first step to finally allow animation workers in New York to have a collective voice!

I’m calling on Late Night Cartoons to voluntarily recognize our Union because all of the amazing, hardworking, passionate people who are my coworkers deserve to have benefits, protections, and fair treatment like any of our peers represented by the entertainment unions in LA,” said drawn animator Lynn Fong in a news release.

Late Night Cartoons, Inc. is a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, which is exclusively devoted to producing animated comedy series.A petition is scheduled to be filed today with the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election and certify the union.

The Animation Guild is also submitting a letter for voluntary recognition to CBS Eye Animation Productions, per the press release.“For seven years in this industry I’ve found fighting for myself to be a difficult and mostly futile battle.

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