Staff from Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Animation seek unionization

Image: Warner Bros. Animation

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Production personnel — 66 staff members from Warner Bros. Animation and also 22 from Cartoon Network — submitted an application for a union political election with the National Labor Relations board the other day. The team is looking for Warner Bros.’ volunteer acknowledgment of the union as a component of the Animation Guild.

The initiative adheres to a year of turmoil at Warner Bros. Animation and also Cartoon Network, in which both groups saw a large round of layoffs before they were brought under the same division. Simultaneously, Warner Bros. Discovery drew a huge swath of its streaming animation from HBO Max, frequently without notice to creators.

Congrats to the WB and also Cartoon Network manufacturing employees for submitting an NLRB application to unionize and also require volunteer acknowledgment! Show your assistance to aid them obtain the depiction they are entitled to! #unionstrong #WeAre839 #ProductionStrong pic.twitter.com/PSXZmlr35n

— The Animation Guild // #WeAre839 (@animationguild) July 19, 2023

If Warner Bros. Discovery acknowledges the union, either willingly or forcibly the National Labor Relations board to intercede, the WBA/Cartoon Network team would certainly turn into one of a variety of computer animation stores — consisting of Rick and also Morty, The Simpsons, and also Family Guy — presently negotiating for their initial union agreement with the Animation Guild.

“Although many might not think it, production is a specialized skill; we might not be artists or writers, but what we bring to the table goes beyond traditional creativity and gets content on the air,” Hannah Ferenc, a manufacturing supervisor at WBA, claimed in the company’s press release. “Having lived through the existing state of the animation industry for the past seven years, I want to make sure that not only our current workers, but all those who choose to join us in the future, can feel secure in following their passion by earning livable wages and being treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.”

The 88 staff members in the team hold duties like manufacturing supervisor, IT professional, and also layout manufacturing organizer, and also jointly they have actually serviced programs like Harley Quinn, Teen Titans Go!, Craig of the Creek, and also the upcoming Batman: The Caped Crusader and also Adventure Time: Fionna and also Cake.

 

Source: Polygon