Editing Disney animators' strike (section)

{{Short description|1941 organized labor action}}
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{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = Disney animators' strike
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| image = Screen Cartoonist's Guild strike at Disney.jpg
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| caption = Striking Disney animators at [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]], Burbank, in May 1941
| date = May 29 – September 21, 1941 (3 months and 26 days)
| place = [[Burbank, California]]
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| causes = The unionization of animators by [[Herbert Sorrell]] and the firing of 17 unionized employees, including [[Art Babbitt]].
| goals = Increase pay for the unionized writers and animators who worked on Disney animated films.<br/>Fair treatment of union members, primarily against the retaliatory firing of union members.
| methods = [[Strike action|Striking]], [[picketing]]
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| result = Walt Disney and WDP management concede and sign a contract with the Screen Cartoonist's Guild.<br/>Many cartoonists refuse to be rehired and decide to work for other animation studios, shrinking the Disney talent pool significantly. {{See below|Aftermath and notable departures}}
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| side2 = [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]]
| leadfigures1 = [[Herbert Sorrell]]
| leadfigures2 = [[Walt Disney]]
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The '''Disney animators' strike''' was a 1941 American [[Film industry in the United States|film industry]] work stoppage where unionized employees of [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]] picketed and disrupted film production for just under four months.

The strike reflected anger at inequities of pay and privileges at Disney, a non-unionized workplace. [[Walt Disney]] responded to the five-week [[strike action|strike]] by [[Termination of employment|firing]] many of his animators, but was eventually pressured into recognizing the [[Screen Cartoonist's Guild]] (SCG) by signing a contract with them, which involved, amongst other concessions, rehiring those who wished to return.