“No Contract, No Cartoons”
Lawrence Smoot | Published on 8/17/2024
After a weekend of rallies and solidarity events with other Hollywood labor allies, The Animation Guild (TAG)—Local 839 of the Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)—officially began its contract negotiations on Monday with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. “We’re at a crossroads in this industry with uncertainties we haven’t faced before,” TAG President Jeanette Moreno King told a sea of members and other union allies during a Saturday rally in Burbank, California. “We’re not just defending our jobs, we’re defending the soul of this industry.”