CONGRATULATIONS! THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN RATIFIED!
Retroactive pay and terms are being worked out and preparing to roll out. More details to come regarding pay, terms, and production enrollment into MPI on/after May 1. Thank you for all your work and support.
The Contract
The Negotiations Committee is proud to present a contract that includes historic gains across all crafts at Nickelodeon.
The MOA is a brief, formal document written approved by both bargaining parties which explains the contract in laymen’s terms.
We strongly recommend reading the MOA in full to understand exactly what you are voting on.
Contract Overview
View this pdf packet for overview of what was achieved in the contract. This is perfect if you want to be able to reference and share the bullet points of all that we have gained.
3 days Bereavement leave outside of existing PTO. (*first of its kind in TAG agreement history!)
Production wage increases, Pensions, and Healthcare.
New minimum rate standards for production workers that will give 72% of Production Assistants a raise in the first year.
Production “bridge” to production participation in the health and two pension plans through the Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plans (MPI).
Writers: Minimum staffing of two (2) non-supervisory writers for all new shows. (*first of it's kind)
Writers: reclassification of animation writers to match 2021 AMPTP occupational codes.
Board Driven Shows: 15% pay increase on Board Drive Shows for board artists and directors (*first of it's kind)
Production Board Classification 'fixed': Moving board artists from the 21-022 “Animation Story Person” classification to the higher paying minimum of Production Board (21-027).
(see MOA "Section III-i.: STORYBOARD WORK")
Hybrid/Remote work language allowing the union to open discussion if remote/in-house changes.
(see MOA "UNPUBLISHED SIDELETTER RE: REMOTE WORK") ** 1st of it's kind
Unreasonable/truncated schedule & deadline language: company must respect requests for OT/scheduel changes or Union may request meeting with Nick on your behalf.
(see MOA "UNPUBLISHED SIDELETTER RE: OVERTIME WORK")
CG Supervisors will be classified as Animation Directors, but with a 15% increase to their minimum to these supervisory roles.
Asset Finaler minimum rate increase to $32.50/hour.
The combination of the 2D and CG Agreements, and the first-time inclusion of Nickelodeon Production workers, all under one agreement.
Get Involved
The union is only as strong as its members! Help us show Nickelodeon that we are united with these simple actions:
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Project Representatives act as a point person between the negotiation committee and your immediate coworkers.
Help us distribute information to your teams when town halls are happening!
Let the negotiations committee know how your team is feeling about proposals.
Less than one hour of dedicated commitment a week!
To learn more please contact negotiationcommittee@nicknegotiates.com
