The Animation Guild staged its third “March on the Boss” protest on Monday at the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank as its negotiating committee returns to talks on a new labor contract.
The protest, which was estimated to have drawn hundreds of animators, was similar to the demonstrations staged in front of Netflix’s animation offices on Oct. 24 and the headquarters of DreamWorks on Nov. 12. The guild presented a petition signed by more than 62,000 Animation Guild members demanding a fair deal for their next bargaining agreement.
“Members of The Animation Guild … are facing unprecedented levels of unemployment despite animation outperforming on screens and in merchandise sales,” the petition states.