Twelve Apple TV visual effects workers unanimously vote to join IATSE union

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) appears to have succeeded in unionizing twelve workers on several Apple Studios shows who voted unanimously to join the union in a National Labor Relations Board ballot count on Tuesday.
Katie Kilkenny for The Hollywood Reporter:
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IATSE and Apple now have five business days to raise any objections before the election results are certified, but the employer is required to begin negotiating with the union.
“I couldn’t be more thankful to our organizers for bringing yet another victory to VFX workers,” Apple Studios VFX production manager Nick DeGrazia said in a statement. “I hope that we can continue this wave across the entire industry so we can share the benefits, rights and respect we deserve.”
As THR previously reported, the visual effects crew members in question are employed on six Apple Studios LLC shows — Bubbi, Jiminy, Foxtrot, Government Cheese, Surface, and Black Bird — in roles like VFX production assistant, VFX witness camera operator and VFX on-set supervisor. According to IATSE, Apple and the union are still disputing whether VFX production supervisors/managers can be included in the bargaining unit; these workers were allowed to vote “under challenge” in the NLRB proceedings, but were not included in the ultimate “yes” vote tally.
Per IATSE international president Matthew Loeb, unionizing more of the visual effects industry is certainly the union’s goal. “The VFX union movement has been decades in the making, and now is the time,” Loeb said in a statement on Tuesday.

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MacDailyNews Note: We don’t know to what Kilkenny refers when she mentions Bubbi, Jiminy, or Foxtrot, as they’re not known to be among past, present, or future Apple Studios productions. Those could be working titles for future productions. Surface premiered on Apple TV+ July 29, 2022. In December 2022, the series was renewed for a second season. Black Bird was a six-episode miniseries that premiered on Apple TV+ on July 8, 2022. Government Cheese is an upcoming Apple TV+ comedy drama series created by Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr. Filming began in May 2024 under the working title Bonneville in Los Angeles.
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