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Know Your Worth: Wage Survey FAQs
Employers are at their strongest when information about wages is kept secret. After all, if you don’t know how much your colleagues are making, how can you know if you’re getting a fair rate? By completing the anonymous, confidential wage survey, you and your fellow Guild members will be able to know what the job…
Why the Wage Survey Matters
When it comes time to negotiate your next contract, there are a lot of variables that go into determining how much you deserve to be paid: What is the average pay rate for your job title? Was your last job above or below the average? How does a non-union studio compare to the work and…
SBS Wage Survey Submitted
Thank you for your submission. The results of the survey will be made available to the crew as soon as possible. Any questions can be forwarded to IATSE Representative Steve Kaplan at skaplan@iatse.net.
The 2015 Wage Survey Is Open!
The annual Wage Survey has been opened and we are requesting all members participate. This is one of the most important things your Union does. The Wage Survey gives the Union a snapshot of the state of the industry. But more importantly it helps you, the member, when you are seeking employment. The more you…
Wage Survey Submitted
Thank you for your submission. We appreciate you taking the time to help us continue to provide this survey to the community. Please encourage your fellow members to participate.
Wage Survey – Freelance
Fill out this form if your most recent employment was a Freelance (meaning, if you were paid per piece of work you submitted) position. Submit this form for up to six different freelance jobs performed within the last year.
Wage Survey – Salary
Fill out this form if your most recent employment was a Salaried (meaning, if you were paid weekly for your work) position ONLY.
Wage Survey 2016
The time has come to process our annual wage survey. This survey is our way of checking to see where rates of pay have been over the last year, and report that to you for your use during your wage negotiations with your employers. This survey is for Animation Guild members only. In order to…
Negotiation Committee
The Animation Guild formed it’s volunteer negotiation committee in May of 2017. The committee has worked steadily since then to take feedback from the members through the craft meetings, membership meetings, direct contact with their peers and colleagues and from the wage survey to create proposals that modify our collective agreement with the producers. The…
Unionizing Production Animation: Walt Disney Animation Studios
In March of 2022, a supermajority of Disney Feature production workers demanded voluntary recognition to be represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and The Animation Guild (TAG), signaling a significant development in the entertainment industry’s labor landscape. “The compensation we currently receive doesn’t come close to matching the value of the…
Master Agreement Negotiations Update
Our Animation Guild Master Agreement negotiations with the AMPTP (the Employers) traditionally take place after the IATSE concludes negotiations for the Basic Agreement. Our agreement references the appropriate sections of the Basic Agreement to provide MPI participation in Animation. MPI currently has over 55,000 participants which include members of the IATSE in sister Guilds like…
Negotiations Town Hall: What do we want?
On Apr. 27th, The Animation Guild held its first Town Hall in preparation for negotiations. This meeting aimed to inform members about the negotiations process, introduce the Negotiations Committee, and share details about the proposal process. If you were unable to attend the event, please take a moment to review some of the “non-sensitive” information…