Editing Disney animators' strike (section)

===Strike===
The next day, on May 29, more than 200 members of the studio staff went on strike, during the production of the 1941 film ''[[Dumbo]]'', against the advice of Sorrell, who wanted more time to organize workers before striking.<ref name=prescod /> Other studios' animators, such as those from Schlesinger, offered their support during the strike. Disney retaliated by depicting some of the striking employees in caricature in ''Dumbo'' as antagonistic circus clowns, and on one occasion even attempted to "attack" a picketing Babbitt, but was stopped by studio guards.<ref name=libcom.org/>{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2022}} In turn, the strikers maintained a carnival-esque atmosphere on the picket line, using humor and artistic skills in producing signs, and at one stage carrying a mock guillotine in a march and using it to behead a mannequin of Walt Disney. They also received support from other unions, with unionized staff at [[Technicolor SA|Technicolor]], Williams and [[Pathé Exchange|Pathé]] refusing to process Disney films, and consumer advocacy group the [[League of Women Shoppers]] picketed theaters exhibiting them. The Disney strikers also extended solidarity to strikes in other sectors, such as producing signs for a [[United Auto Workers]] strike at [[North American Aviation]] in Los Angeles.<ref name=prescod />

The strike was resolved when the [[National Labor Relations Board]] asked Disney to sign a union contract and he agreed. Disney was returning from a goodwill tour of Latin America to produce animated films as part of the [[Good Neighbor policy]], allowing tensions to cool in his absence - although the SCG kept up pressure in the run-up to Disney's departure: the union's business agent Bill Pomerance obtained details of union leaders in the cities that were on Disney's itinerary via the [[National Maritime Union]]. He then contacted the [[United States Department of State|State Department]] to inform them that pickets of Disney and his films were being organized in South America, arguing that "the Disney company (should) comply with American standards of fair treatment of labor" as a condition of Walt Disney being allowed to represent the United States as a goodwill ambassador. As a result the [[U.S. Conciliation Service]] brought both sides together in talks in Washington DC: an agreement was struck, which included the reinstatement of employees fired before the strike, equalization of pay, a clearer salary structure and a grievance procedure.<ref name=prescod />