Marvel studios Visual effect workers vote to unionize

Since the production of the first Star Wars films in the 1970s, the visual effects industry has been largely non-union. 
Now, for the first time, a group of 50 visual effects employees at Marvel Studios in L.A., New York and Atlanta have signed 
a proxy with the National Labor Relations Board. They intend to join the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, 
or IATSE, to gain the same protections and conditions for visual effects workers as other crew members, such as production design, sound editing or hair and makeup artists. 

Some visual effects workers have described difficult working conditions at Marvel, decrying long hours, seven-day weeks and resulting overwork

In a news release, IATSE VFX coordinator Bella Huffman noted "Turnaround times don't apply to us, protected hours don't apply to us, and pay equity doesn't apply to us.“

The news represents a historic and unprecedented attempt to unionize visual effects workers. At the same time, the strike of unionized screenwriters and actors against the major Hollywood studios continues.

Source: www.npr.org