| 1982 animators' strike | |||
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| Date | August 5 – October 16, 1982 (2 months, 1 week and 4 days) | ||
| Location | Greater Los Angeles, California, United States | ||
| Caused by | Runaway productions | ||
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| Resulted in | Strike fails, union agrees to new contracts favorable to the studios | ||
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The 1982 animators' strike was a labor strike conducted by American animators in the Greater Los Angeles area. The strike, organized by the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Local 839, was caused by disagreements between the labor union and studios over runaway productions, a term referring to outsourcing production work to outside of the metropolitan area. The strike ran from August to October and ended in failure for the union, who failed to win concessions from the studios.