The Motion Picture Editors Guild (IATSE Local 700), announced on Tuesday that it has ratified a new bargaining agreement with Nickelodeon Animation that includes wage increases ranging from 9% to as much as 70% over the next year.
The deal for the 70 post-production workers at Nickelodeon comes after six months of contract negotiations as the Editors Guild sought a contract for its members with pay on the same level of that at other major animation studios. A deal was reached in late August, days after a union meeting in which the bargaining committee expressed their willingness to hold a strike authorization vote if talks dragged on.