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A large and powerful union whose favored tactic is early negotiations with the studios. Their president, Thomas Short, was a vocal opponent of the Writer's Strike. He remains a controversial figure in the world of organized labor.
 
IATSE and the WGA have a longstanding jurisdictional beef over animation writers. The WGA claims that writing is writing (''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'' and ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' are all WGA shows); IATSE claims that [[Animation Age Ghetto|they belong in the]] [http://www.animationguild.org/ cartoonists' union]. This remains a hotly-debated issue, and can provoke real life flame wars.
 
==== The Teamsters ====