“It was the defining crisis for the studio and not in a good way,” says an animation historian about the five-week labor strike, during which Walt Disney Productions’ cartoonists picketed for salary adjustments and proper credit in films.


“It was the defining crisis for the studio and not in a good way,” says an animation historian about the five-week labor strike, during which Walt Disney Productions’ cartoonists picketed for salary adjustments and proper credit in films.