Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Workers at 2K’s Motion Capture studio in Petaluma, California has officially filed for unionization.
Twenty-one full-time staff members at the studio, who oversee motion capture productions for Take-Two Interactive, requested voluntary recognition of their union by their management, who declined to respond.
The workers have now filed for an official election supervised by the federal government. The push comes as a historical first for the video games industry.
The 2K Motion Capture Stage workers’ unionization bid is part of a broader movement to win a collective voice on the job within the video game and VFX sectors of the entertainment industry.
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