WGA - everything you're fighting for, TAG needs x 1000...if we get to where you are, I hope you back us up. I was astonished the first time I learned that WGA writers get residuals every time a character they created shows up! TAG writers/board artists don't get any residuals!

I'm lucky that I've done some voiceover and get occasional SAG-AFTRA residuals, honestly it's barely supplemental as it is, but most people who write/board for TAG don't have that luxury. A lot of TAG friends have many side hustles to make ends meet - lots of friends w day jobs

Bottom line is it's not sustainable - on top of this, a lot of major TV studios butter their bread by exploiting young animators fresh out of college who don't know any better & are happy to be there at all. I wish I knew what my title/pay should have been early on in my 20s.

I know it feels scary for some TAG ppl for whatever reason but it's okay to stand up for ourselves. Please look to SAG and WGA for inspiration - I've been on the picket lines and the solidarity is so empowering. I hope that we can feel this way too.

Don't forget that we CARRIED THE INDUSTRY during lockdown when nobody could film anything. They owe us big time and continue to act like animation is second tier disposable kids fare instead of the skilled artform (and cash cow for them!!) that it is.