A group of Marvel visual effects (VFX) workers filed for a union election on Monday,
More than 50 visual effect workers at Marvel Studios are looking to unionize. The group filed its desire on Monday, asking the National Labor Relations Board to schedule a formal election for as early as Aug. 21, according to Vulture.
“For almost half a century, workers in the visual-effects industry have been denied the same protections and benefits their coworkers and crewmates have relied upon since the beginning of the Hollywood film industry,” VFX organizer for IATSE Mark Patch said in a statement. “This is a historic first step for VFX workers coming together with a collective voice demanding respect for what we do.”
The VFX workers looking to unionize are part of Marvel’s “on-set VFX specialists,” Vulture said, including “data wranglers, production managers, witness camera operators, and assistants employed on such MCU series as Loki and Daredevil: Born Again.” Post-production VFX is typically outsourced to various VFX production houses, where Vulture reported Marvel is known as an industry “bully” that can “ruin careers.
