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Netflix Animation Studios and ‘Ted’ Series Production Workers Launch Unionization Drives
Netflix Animation Studios and ‘Ted’ Series Production Workers Launch Unionization Drives-December 2024
Dec 27, 2025 7:36 PM

The Animation Guild has launched an ambitious attempt to unionize feature production workers at Netflix Animation Studios as part of its broader effort to expand its reach inside the animation production space.

On Wednesday, a group of 60 workers requested voluntary recognition of a union from management, according to The Animation Guild. The group is attempting to bring an array of production workers from production assistants to production supervisors to script coordinators under the tent. The group has worked on titles including the streamers upcoming projects based on Roald Dahls works and 2023s Leo. In a statement, Netflix production coordinator Ana Tessier said that these workers deserve the same protections as artists we deserve to fight for sustainable careers. The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Netflix for comment.

The guild simultaneously announced on Wednesday that it is attempting to organize the NBCUniversal series Ted, the Peacock continuation of Seth MacFarlanes franchise. A group of 12 production workers on the production have requested voluntary recognition to join both the Animation Guild and the Editors Guild, a separate Local of the same umbrella union, IATSE.

Ted production coordinator Kelly Simmons nodded in a statement to the Animation Guilds aggressive unionization of animation production workers in recent years. She added, Weve been hard at work the last two months trying to get this show on the road and its incredible to see what weve accomplished in such a short amount of time. THR has reached out to NBCUniversal for comment.

The union has been pushing into production roles ever since 2022 in an attempt to grow the labor groups size and leverage. That effort became perhaps even more timely as generative AI tools developed quickly in ensuing years and now appear poised to disrupt the animation space.

But the union also continues to organize animation artists and technicians. On Wednesday, the union revealed that artists, writers and technicians at the Burbank-based studio SpindleHorse requested and received voluntary recognition to join the Animation Guild on Tuesday. The move will add 106 new members, who have worked on shows including Amazon Primes Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss, to the Animation Guilds ranks.

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