Contract negotiations between the Animation Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are entering their fifth day – one more than had been scheduled.Major issues for the union include better terms for streaming shows; a significant pay raise for animation writers – who make far less than their live-action counterparts covered by the WGA – and an outsized raise for the guild’s lowest-paid members, most of whom are women.The talks are being conducted under a media blackout, but before the negotiations began this week, leaders of the 4,600-member guild told their members, “After a substantial delay, negotiation dates have been set for The Animation Guild to meet with the AMPTP and bargain our Master Agreement.
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