VFX Union also known as the IATSE VFX Union, Visual Effects Union or International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Visual Effects Union is a

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and a wing of the

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada, known as simply the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE or ...

History

The organization traces its origin to a group of 300 VFX artists who created the "VFX Production Group" on a Slack channel in 2020. They began to compare what salaries different studios provided. The VFX Union officially formed in 2012. In 2016 after the reports of poor working conditions on

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'' the IATSE filed a complaint with the British Columbia Ministry of Labour's Employment Standards Branch on behalf of the artists of the films and reached out to the VFX Union to offer help. Amidst the 2022 and 2023 Hollywood labor disputes the organization encouraged

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among United States and Canadian

artists. Among the IATSE VFX Union's services is performing surveys of workers' conditions within the industry. The first was published in March 2023. Their poll showed that two thirds of visual effects artists surveyed believed that the current situation in the industry was unsustainable.

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* {{Official website, https://vfxunion.org/ International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Visual effects Trade unions established in 2012 Entertainment industry unions

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