Nickelodeon Animation Workers and the Animation Guild (IATSE Resident 839) got to a contract arrangement on Tuesday, with a frustrating 89% of those that elected consenting to a collection of wage rises, staffing minimum needs and even more.
The brand-new contract in between animation staffers at Nickelodeon Studios and the Animation Guild integrates 2D, 3D and manufacturing workers right into one detailed contract.
“This contract is the direct result of not only a strong public showing of solidarity among our members, but also demonstrates the power of what multiple crafts working together can do,” settlements board participant Candice Stephenson claimed in a declaration introducing the information.
“It’s hard to encapsulate how much effort member-volunteers of the committee put into researching, communicating, informing, organizing, energizing, huddling, retooling, negotiating, arguing, fighting for better terms,” included board participant Kyle Neswald.
Advantages acquired from the contract, which the discussing board’s news proclaimed as a “milestone” arrangement, consist of boosted grief leave of approximately 3 days, minimal staffing needs of at the very least 2 team authors along with managerial functions, 15% in boosted settlement for storyboard musicians that likewise tackle composing tasks, “significant” wage rises for manufacturing workers and a 15% rise in minimal settlement for CG managers.
“The work of the Nickelodeon Animation Studios negotiation committee mirrored the cohesive solidarity of the negotiations committee that bargained the 2021-2024 master agreement,” Steve Kaplan, service rep for The Animation Guild, claimed. “We were able to get the company to voluntarily recognize animation production before negotiations and include production workers for the first time. The committee stood strong on all of our priority issues and helped deliver a groundbreaking agreement.”
Of the boosted incomes got to in the brand-new contract, an arrangements board participant and manufacturing planner claimed that they “are securing a raise for our lowest-paid members.”
The Animation Guild contract approval came virtually 6 months after Nickelodeon Animation editors validated a brand-new contract with the Movie Editors Guild (IATSE Resident 700) in September 2023 to consist of wage rises varying from 9% to as high as 70% over the following year.
