As of this writing SAG/AFTRA and AMPTP are heading into a fifth day of negotiations in their current session. I’m more than a bit disappointed and flabbergasted the studios seem to still be playing hardball considering the season of scripted network television hangs in the balance. There was some news after day one of the clichéd “cautious optimism” after day one, but not much since. However, that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been labor news.

Just recently Disney VFX workers joined Marvel (who were first) in voting unanimously for unionization through IATSE. It’s incredible to believe that these positions remained non-union for so long, but the fact that they were not led to hard deadlines and excessive hours leading to less-than-desirable work in both trailers and finished films. This move is a long time coming and could lead to more and hopefully better conditions and work product for an increasingly necessary tool in the gamut of filmmaking.