Walt Disney Animation Studios Staffers Ratify First Union Contract – Update

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UPDATED, 5:30 PM: Some 17 months after unionizing, production management staffers at Walt Disney Animation Studios have ratified their first labor contract.

The vote conducted by IATSE‘s Animation Guild was 93% in favor of sealing the deal, with 96% of eligible voters casting ballots.

The contract provides for production workers to receive protections including pension and health benefits, along with a 24% wage increase for production managers, a 29% hike for production supervisors and a 35% jump for production coordinators, who are the lowest-paid workers in the unit.

Read about Disney Animation Studios’ effort to unionize with IATSE Local 839 below. PREVIOUSLY, November 1, 2023: Production workers at Walt Disney Animation Studios have gone union.