[HN Gopher] Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers Move to Unionize
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Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers Move to Unionize
Author : Michelangelo11
Score : 26 points
Date : 2023-08-28 18:16 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| FirmwareBurner wrote:
| Great for them, but out of curiosity, what's stopping Disney to
| let them all go and farm out VFX work to other non-unionized
| shops outside their studio? Disney already work with so many
| third party houses anyway for most of their movies.
| jncfhnb wrote:
| What could possibly go wrong? These artists are surely
| fungible.
| patmorgan23 wrote:
| The National Labor Relations Act. That would be pretty clear
| retaliation against employees for Unionizing.
| soligern wrote:
| Then how can Starbucks, Chipotle etc. blatantly shut down
| stores in response to unionization?
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| Also, if Disney attempts to union bust, they are now forced
| to immediately recognize the union and begin to bargain with
| them.
|
| https://prospect.org/labor/2023-08-28-bidens-nlrb-brings-
| wor...
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| https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/board-
| issues-d...
| Rebelgecko wrote:
| Am I reading this properly, Disney only has 18 in-house VFX
| employees?
| pandemicsyn wrote:
| This is "Walt Disney Pictures" not Walt Disney Studios as a
| whole. Walt Disney Pictures is just one of a bunch of their
| production companies.
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_(division)
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