Sticking It to Nickelodeon {union press release}

Labor Notes ^ | January 31, 2024 | Nora Meek

[Salman]

Production workers at Nickelodeon’s Animation Studio are fighting for their first contract alongside already-organized artists (writers, designers, colorists, storyboarders and background painters) who have been working under an expired contract for two and a half years.

The workers collectively produce animated shows: The Loud House, Rugrats, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Spongebob SquarePants. The artists have been members of IATSE Local 839, The Animation Guild (TAG) since 2002, and 3D computer graphics staff joined in 2013.

After a vigorous campaign, the production workers joined in January 2023. These workers keep things coordinated, flowing and on schedule. Production workers have lost their apartments and can't afford groceries while working on Spongebob and PAW Patrol—arguably billion-dollar properties.

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[VanShuyten]

I hear the Taiwanese and Koreans are great animators.

[fhayek]

The old Bugs Bunny cartoons are on Youtube. Most people will have options. It’s like Bud Light. Stick it too whoever you want...life goes on...

[SauronOfMordor]

I hear the Taiwanese and Koreans are great animators.

Animation work should be very easy to offshore, or have done using AI.