Apple Studios NY Post-Production Joins CWA

13 JUNE 2022 - Post-production for Apple TV+ in New York has gone union. A piece from Deadline says:

A small group of freelance post-production coordinators in New York have voted unanimously to join the Communications Workers of America in [National Labor Relations Board]-supervised elections at eight separate companies, including Apple Studios…

“According to the union,” according to the report:

…it’s the first time that post-production coordinators in New York’s film and TV industry have won formal union representation, and the first time that workers employed by any Apple subsidiary have ever won an NLRB election for union representation.

Other studios in on the action include CBS Studios, Disney Pictures, HBO, Netflix Productions, Showtime, Turner, and Universal Television. Deadline has the union saying:

These victories are representative of the growing wave of labor organizing across the country and further reaffirm CWA’s commitment to support worker organizing in the creative arts and cultural sectors, as well as the tech and game industries.