Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Members of The Animation Guild Ratify Contract with Netflix

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Feature animation production workers, members of The Animation Guild (TAG) (Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 839), ratified their first contract with Netflix. Some 89% of members of the bargaining unit voted on the contract, with 89% in favor. 

The new contract includes wage minimums, dismissal pay and workplace protections for production workers.

“Every production group to negotiate has built upon the foundation of those that came before them, and the [Netflix Animation Studios (NAS)] production contract really showcases that,” said TAG organizer Allison Smartt. “NAS workers have won the highest production assistant rates in any TAG production agreement. In just five years since we organized the first group of animation production workers, this rate sets the highest bar yet, and it wouldn’t have happened  without workers fighting together in solidarity.”