‘Star Wars’ Franchise Visual Effects Workers Unionize With IATSE

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A group of U.S.-based visual effects workers across the Star Wars franchise productions have organized with IATSE.

The new bargaining unit, announced Tuesday, includes U.S. workers who contribute to titles including, but not limited to, The Mandalorian & Grogu, Ahsoka, and Star Wars: Starfighter, per the union. These VFX professionals, who “unanimously supported” union membership, will now collectively bargain with the studio on their first contract.

“These workers help bring some of the most ambitious stories in entertainment to life, and they deserve a meaningful voice in shaping their working conditions,” IATSE International President Matthew D. Loeb said in a statement. “We are proud to welcome these visual effects professionals into our proud Union.”

The latest round of Star Wars VFX workers join several other cohorts of their colleagues across Disney‘s Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and the Avatar franchise who ratified their first IATSE contracts with the studio last year.

IATSE represents 170,000 technicians, artisans and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live events, motion picture and television production, broadcast, and trade shows in the United States and Canada.

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