Animation Guild framework agreement negotiations, which were initially scheduled to continue until Thursday, have been put on hold for the year and are expected to resume in 2022.

The Animation Guild Writers Twitter account, managed by the local Writers’ Creation Committee, confirmed the news Friday. “Animation Guild negotiators remain strong. Discussions will resume at a later date. Thank you all for your continued support. Your messages and your wishes are everything. The fight isn’t over until we get a #NewDealforAnimation. No date has yet been set for a return to the bargaining table. Deadline was the first to signal the break in talks.

Negotiations for the IATSE local’s new deal began on November 29, and the union has indicated that at least two key priorities for members this year include increasing animator minimums at rates comparable to those of the writers of the Writers Guild of America and improved remuneration for streaming. . (The union has been silent on other issues it will discuss with representatives of the employers’ bargaining, the Alliance of Film and Television Producers.)

TAG is negotiating separately from the 13 West Coast locals covered by the IATSE Basic Agreement, whose last contract was narrowly ratified by delegates in November after a long and controversial period of negotiations.

Ahead of their bargaining period, TAG members launched the hashtag #PayAnimationWriters to draw attention to the disparity between minimum fees for Animation Guild writers and screenwriters working in both animation and entertainment. live action for the Writers Guild of America. (The WGA covers some animation writing jobs, such as writing on The simpsons.)

As part of this campaign, TAG stated that its authors 26 to 66 percent less by independent script for a half-hour scripted series that WGA Writers Live and, as of May 1, 2021, done at least about $ 1,900 to $ 2,995 less per week as writers on half-hour scripted series.

On Friday and Saturday, TAG members expressed on social media their desire to maintain their solidarity and energy for the New Year. “The studios want us to refresh ourselves during the break. If we want a # NewDeal4Animation it is important that we stay mad and keep fighting! writer Joey Clift, Camp Nick writer, tweeted.

“I have never been so proud of the strength with which @animationguild fights for all animation artists! # NewDeal4Animation, however long it takes,” added Bill Wolkoff, editor of Kipo and the era of wonders.