Co-Working Hours are coming back in April!
Join the Writers' Craft Committee on Wednesday, April 1st! Bring whatever project you've been meaning to work on and we'll all keep each other accountable!
Check your email and RSVP at link sent no later than March 30th.
If you are ever unsure about which kind of bible you've been hired to write, please use the Member Contract Questions Form — Link in Bio!
tinyurl.com/memberhelpform
TAG Writers: have you been hired to write a pitch bible, mini bible, or full bible? Better check out our guide!
DISCLAIMER: There are no definitions in our current contract to distinguish the different bible types, so these guidelines are the WCC's suggestion.
Questions? Link in bio!
Flyer with the same info as the post plus: “Josie was the Head Writer of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and the Showrunner of My Adventures with Superman and the upcoming Starfire show at WB.”
New feature alert! We're doing 5 questions with showrunner Josie Campbell at April's WCC meeting. Zoom on over for Josie's words of wisdom. We'll also be talking about Remote and Non-Union Work. THIS
THURSDAY, 4/17, 7pm PST. Check your email or rsvp at rsvp@tag839.org. TAG members only.
We’re creating a huge change in culture in our Union. Building engagement takes a long time and there are no shortcuts. But things only get better if we get involved. The Union is all of us, not some external entity! ❤️
VOTE!
Need help breaking down the gains Writers' Craft made in the tentative contract? Check out these slides. And DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!! Ratification voting closes at 11:59 p.m. on 12/22. If you think you are eligible to vote and did not receive your ballot, please contact membership@tag839.org
Flyer for TAG Writers Town Halls Monday Dec 9 at 7pm pacific and Friday Dec 23 at 12pm. RSVP at rsvp@tag839.org Animation Guild Members only.
Learn stuff.
Whoa. Stereotype much? Just because I’m a computer, I’m automatically good at math? Next you’ll ask me to spell stawbery.
Perfect! Make room for my low cost, high resolution, environment destroying slop-- I mean quality content! Now with extra finnngersss s ss
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The WCC networking subcommittee got TAG writers away from their keyboards and into a theater for a screening of WILD ROBOT. There will be more movie meetups -- keep an eye on your inbox!
It's getting hot in here!
#StandWithAnimation
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BOO! Just in time for spooky season...
#StandWithAnimation if you want to avoid the frights of Al in your cartoons! #noAl #WritersNotRobots #ArtistsNotRobots
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The FACTS about freelance writing for animation:
#FreelanceNotFreeWork #StandWithAnimation
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61% of polled business leaders see generative Al disrupting the jobs of animation workers, with 29% of them in danger of being displaced. Gen Al is trained on the work of writers and artists, without whom AI is nothing. PEOPLE
make animation.
#WritersNotRobots
#ArtistsNotRobots
#standwithanimation
Think we're exaggerating about how bad our freelance unit rates are? We have the data, and we have the testimonials. When writers fall off their health insurance despite working full time hours it's not just a problem, it's a CRISIS.
#standwithanimation
Graph image depicting how both model designers and animation directors make 18% above their hourly rate for freelance, writers make over 50% less.
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Freelance writer unit rates are destroying the craft of animation writing. These aren't just bad rates, they are UNLIVABLE. They are turning a career into a hobby, only viable for those who are already well off. When we say we can't live off of these wages we mean it.
#standwithanimation
Negotiations resume today! To show support, we're continuing our Solidari-TEAs!
TAG Writers - Freelance, Unaffiliated, etc! are welcome to our virtual break!
Tuesday Sept 17, 12:30pm
Zoom link:
us06web.zoom.us/j/8832352401...
Leave creativity to humans. We have a good track record. Animation workers have made Studios LITERALLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS but sure, throw your money in the Gen Al dumpster fire because unregulated tech has always been a good investment *COUGH NFTS COUGH*
#StandWithAnimation #noAl
#WritersNotRobots
TAG shows perform as well as WGA shows, yet TAG writers make less than half the pay!
Make it make sense! #SamePagesSameWages
#StandWithAnimation
#animation #greenscreen
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