Visual effects professionals behind Marvel, Disney and Avatar have ratified their first union contracts. The agreements include minimum hours guarantee, overtime pay, rest periods and a pension plan
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Hell yeah lets go. Good for these guys.
Every new industry has a period where its workers have to re-learn that, contrary to what their bosses say, unions are highly necessary and effective.
I do Aerospace stuff, and I still feel like we should have a union. We don't, but we should. The amount of abusive jobs I've worked bcz people think engineers don't need the same safety nets as blue color workers is insane.
Good. Still way too low salary, though.
So... The bare minimum that is considered normal in most other industrialized countries.
Sad to welcome the USians to the early 1900's life standard four generations late.
Good for them, I guess. Although this just looks like basic agreements most employees in Western Europe have had since the 1960s.
and here’s the reason for the big AI push
how long until they shut it down