Since May 2024, The Animation Guild (IATSE 839) has been battling AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers). These workers are strictly against using generative AI in the industry.

Seeking to combat the longstanding flow of animation jobs to Canada and other locations, the Animation Guild issued a report on Thursday urging California to improve its tax incentive program.

The union's current contract has been extended until Nov. 1 as the two parties attempt to come to terms. In the meantime, "progress has been made," says a union leader. By Katie Kilkenny Labor & Media ...

As its talks with Hollywood studios on a new contract continue, The Animation Guild launched the first of a series of planned marches called “March on the Boss,” delivering petitions to studio ...

The Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839) has a tentative deal with the major Hollywood studios. With less than two weeks left until the current contract expiration and after multiple extensions, the ...

As industry workers face layoffs, outsourcing and the specter of artificial intelligence, leaders of the union painted this year's bargaining cycle as a "do or die" moment. By Katie Kilkenny Labor & ...

After a week of negotiations that began on Monday, The Animation Guild (TAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) did not reach a deal on a new three-year agreement – ...

The Animation Guild is heading back to the bargaining table in September after concluding a week of scheduled negotiations without making a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television ...