Visual Effects (VFX) workers for “Saturday Night Live” (“SNL”) are organizing with the Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and have won official recognition of their union. The unit includes 16 VFX artists and leads who all signed union authorization cards. “Working here is tremendously fun, chaotic, and hugely rewarding,” said VFX Danny Behar in an IATSE press release. “We work 15 hour days every Saturday, delivering renders before cast & crew start rehearsals, and ending after the show has finished broadcasting. Our department is essential to the show’s success. For that and a multitude of other reasons, we deserve to have a seat at the table. We are the only department that currently does not have one.”
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