Animation Guild Ratifies Contract With Studios and Streamers

Members of The Animation Guild have voted to accept their new contract with studios and streamers.

Per the guild, 76.1 percent of voting members chose to accept the deal, which covers 2024-27 and includes wage increases and key protections for members with regard to use of artificial intelligence in animation.

After three months of negotiations, The Animation Guild reached a tentative deal with members of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers in late November. The strong majority in favor of ratification came after a few members of the union’s negotiating committee said they would vote against the deal, citing concerns about the AI provisions of the contract. That led the guild’s executive board to issue a statement calling the agreement “the strongest contract the Union has negotiated in the last decade.”