The workers behind Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites are unionizing

Adult Swim

The production workers behind Adult Swim's Rick and Morty are moving to unionize in order to know their worth.

The production staffs for Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board requesting a vote on the shows. The studious were not interested in voluntarily recognizing the bargaining unit, which consists of storyboard coordinators, production supervisors, and a variety of assistants.

The committee pointed out that the request for voluntary recognition came from a majority of the workers on both series.

Attorneys representing both production companies responded to this request by contacting TAG and stating that the productions' parent studios, Adult Swim and 20th Century Fox, were not willing to voluntarily recognize the entire unit as was proposed by The Animation Guild.

At a time when workers throughout the industry are pushing for better pay and working conditions, the Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites staffers are trying to unionize. Last year, TAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers were unable to agree on a new master agreement that would determine new pay rates for animation writers and a new compensation structure for streaming programs.

Titmouse, a New York City-based production house, had no problem recognizing its workers' desire to unionize with TAG earlier this year. The Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites workers who want to unionize in the first place are going to be the same people who vote in the NLRB vote.

The studios might want to consider meeting people at the table since the workers are coming around on the idea of taking collective action to better guard themselves against corporate exploitation.