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clustxr:

unculture:
rifleweeb:
studentofetherium:
studentofetherium:
CGI animators should unionize next. normally, their jobs would be too precarious to strike, since studios would replace them without a second thought, but if it’s part of this larger general film strike, they might finally have meaningful power to better their working conditions
if CGI animators unionized, it would kill the MCU. straight up. the the entire business model is built on exploiting CGI animators
THEY ARE TRYING!!!!! SIGN THE PETITION TO GET THE DISNEY ANIMATORS’ UNION RECOGNIZED
this petition is from IATSE (union), btw! it actually has credibility, unlike most change.org/etc petitions! please sign it!!
EDIT: since people keep coming back to this version, i’m going to update it with the information i’ve added in different reblogs.
Q: can i sign this even if i’m not in the U.S.?
YES!! please do!! IATSE is the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees - they work with branches worldwide!!
ALSO: the default country for this petition is the UK - if you’re not from the UK, you should click on “not from GB” under the zip/postal code entry box and indicate your country there. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS NOT THE DEFAULT COUNTRY FOR THIS PETITION.
by signing this petition, you indicate to disney that you are backing a credible and reputable already-established union in their efforts to include disney production coordinators/managers/supervisors in their animation branch (The Animation Guild).
you are not making a union more legitimate - you are advocating for the right of these workers to join and benefit from a union. while the original post was poorly phrased in that regard, this is still extremely important to expand workers’ rights for disney employees of all types, not just the typical idea of animators.
this is not a union for CGI/VFX animators/workers (the kind of work that OP is referring to) - this is for below-the-line/behind-the-scenes workers that aren’t what you might typically think of when you imagine the creatives that work on a project. for information on a VFX union, check this website or https://vfxunion.org/ if that link doesn’t work.
TL;DR: this petition, which anyone in the world may sign, is to include production management workers in TAG-IATSE, not to unionize CGI/VFX animators. this is still a very important petition, though, since these workers are vital to creating the high quality movies that everyone loves, and deserve equal workers’ rights as much as the animators (already unionized for non-CGI/non-VFX/2D animation, but not for CGI/VFX animation) do.