New York CNN —Marvel Studio’s VFX workers unanimously voted to unionize with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, marking the first time visual effects workers have unionized with IATSE, the union announced Wednesday. A still from Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, which kicked off phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel StudiosThe National Labor Relations Board oversaw the election, and the count was held Tuesday after the Marvel employees first filed for this election on August 7. Though this union only includes Marvel’s in-house VFX workers, its parent company Disney’s visual effects crews filed for their own election to unionize with the NLRB, and backed by IATSE, at the end of August. Now, the Marvel VFX workers will engage in collective bargaining negotiations with their employer to draft a contract.

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Persons: Mark Patch, IATSE, “, Aladdin ”, ” Sarah Kazuko Chow Organizations: New, New York CNN, Marvel, International Alliance, IATSE, Marvel Studios, National Labor Relations Board, “, NLRB, Walt Disney Pictures, “ Pirates, ”, Disney’s, Writers Guild of America, SAG, CNN Locations: New York, Caribbean