A large number of Bectu members, in association with many more non-members working in the Feature Animation Division of DNEG have forced the animation and VFX employer to seek help from business partners to replace lost staff incomes.
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In an exclusive interview with Cartoon Brew, AVU Chair and BECTU’s assistant national secretary discuss the effects the coronavirus pandemic is happening on the industry, most notably at DNEG
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PRESS RELEASE
Animation and VFX companies are proposing significant cuts to wages, terms and conditions in response to the Covid-19 crisis, according to reports made to Bectu. The union is asking companies if they are asking for Covid-19-related changes to their working terms to consider a number of conditions in a press release and guidance document.
Despite recent news from the BFI that the VFX industry contributed £1BN to the UK economy, freelance visual effects artists have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket after a VFX firm went bust.BECTU union, which represents VFX freelancers, is currently handing cases totalling more than £53,000, owing to four of its members following the collapse of Halo VFX Limited
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Laura Price, a Background Painter for the Tangled TV series at Disney TV Animation sums up how the Animation Guild works for her and her colleagues in a fun and very well detailed video on her Youtube channel. In it, she explains how she is protected and how the Guild has ensured minimum rates even down to an employees job title. Please watch Laura’s video to see how what we are trying to do for VFX is actually working elsewhere in the world today.
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