Members of The Animation Guild have voted to accept their new contract with studios and streamers.

Per the guild, 76.1 percent of voting members chose to accept the deal, which covers 2024-27 and includes wage increases and key protections for members with regard to use of artificial intelligence in animation.

After three months of negotiations, The Animation Guild reached a tentative deal with members of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers in late November. The strong majority in favor of ratification came after a few members of the unions negotiating committee said they would vote against the deal, citing concerns about the AI provisions of the contract. That led the guilds executive board to issue a statement calling the agreement the strongest contract the Union has negotiated in the last decade. I want to recognize the incredible work that the Negotiations Committee put into seeing this agreement reached and ratified, TAG business representative Steve Kaplan said in a statement. This agreement is the next step forward in our goal to create the strongest contract for our members. The advancements made here are plenty, but there is also much work to be done with regard to addressing the priority matters that were not fully answered. The membership made clear to us that there is a need for more focus on generative artificial intelligence, and we will attack the issue through a multi-faceted approach including lobbying for effective legislation, advocating for tax incentives for human-made work, and grieving against potential abuses.

More to come.