Nickelodeon Animation Studios has agreed to voluntarily recognize 177 production workers as members of the Animation Guild, avoiding the need for an NLRB election. The Animation Guild — also …
The Animation Guild — also known as IATSE Local 839 — already represents about 400 artistic workers at Nickelodeon, including storyboard artists, character designers and writers.
The guild announced in December that the workers had signed cards seeking to unionize, as they sought to address high healthcare costs and low pay. “We’re working full time for one of the largest corporations on earth and there’s no reason that our parents should be funding this multi-billion dollar corporation,” Brodsky said.
Steve Kaplan, the business representative of Local 839, said the union hoped to maximize its leverage in negotiations by representing as many Nickelodeon employees as possible.
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