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Over 800 TAG members marched on Netflix & delivered a petition demanding the AMPTP keep #animation jobs #union, agree to AI protections & more. Show the AMPTP that you #standwithanimation. Sign your name next to the people that make the shows you love.

Okay I wanna clarify something real quick..

SAG-AFTRA is the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. So actors (and more) union.

WGA is the Writers Guild of America. So writers union.

They went on strike last year. They went on strike because of a lot of things but things like AI and residuals were big topics.

IATSE is International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. So the crew is under this.

They almost went on strike a few years ago but made a deal before it reached that point. (The union members vote on a contract that it was just over a 50/50 on the for and against. But ultimately it ended up being a a touch more on the for side).

Their contract is up for renewal right now and they are actively negotiating. If those talks don't end in a deal at the end of July, they will strike.

As a member of IATSE, we DONT WANT TO STRIKE! We want to work! We don't want to be on unemployment again. We don't want our brothers and sisters to leave the industry because they can't afford to stay.

We want to work we love our jobs but in the name of safety and making sure everyone gets home on time and can put food on the table, but we WILL strike and you WILL hear it from us and we will win, just like the writers and the actors won last year.

The Teamsters local 399 (The Hollywood truck drivers, passenger van drivers, even the guys who drive characters cars that you see on screen) are also negotiating together with IATSE. Their president Lindsey Doherty is a second generation teamster with a Jimmy Hoffa tattoo. She said it wonderfully last year "If the studios want to fuck around, they're going to find out"

The studios try to pit us all against each other. They try to make the crew blame the writers and actors for going on strike. They try to make us get mad at them for being the reason we're not working. We see straight through that shit. We are all stronger together, we fight for Halyna Hutchins, Sarah Jones, Spike Osorio, Rico Priem and all the other crew members who never made it home.

I'm sick of going to candlelight vigils for fellow crew members.

@fans4wga

This, absolutely. We hope IATSE's negotiations are successful—striking is the always the final option!