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\n\tDreamworks animation<\/a> manufacturing employees have formally unionized. <\/p>\n \n\tIn whole, 160 employees from DreamWorks Animation (DWA) Television and Feature productions shall be represented throughout the The Animation Guild<\/a> (IATSE<\/a> Local 839) and the Motion Picture Editors Guild<\/a> (IATSE Local 700) following a National Labor Relations Board election final week. <\/p>\n \n\tAccording to the guild, this marks the most important unit thus far with a seat on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to hitch the union. The Animation Guild now represents greater than 70% of manufacturing employees throughout AMPTP signatories. <\/p>\n \n\tArtists, technicians and editors from the DreamWorks Animation studio have been already represented beneath the Animation Guild by means of the Collective Bargaining and Post-Production Majors agreements. This is the primary time that manufacturing employees are receiving illustration.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cDreamWorks and The Animation Guild have had a relationship since the studio started. In those first days, DreamWorks was interested in offering the same working conditions as the other studios in order to attract the best talent possible. Today, we extend that coverage to ensure the production staff can enjoy the best working conditions we can negotiate with the company,\u201d Steve Kaplan, the Animation Guild\u2019s enterprise consultant, mentioned in a press release.<\/p>\n \n\tThe DreamWorks manufacturing employees\u2019 unionization comes in the course of IATSE negotiations with the AMPTP on its newest collective bargaining settlement. <\/p>\n