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2014 Articles:
[May 30, 2014] - LA times - Sony Pictures Imageworks leaving L.A. area for Canada
[May 29, 2014] - Sony Imageworks’ Flight To Vancouver Latest Blow In VFX Subsidies Battle
[Mar 02, 2014] - Why Were the Oscars Created?
[Mar 01, 2014] - March in March
[Feb 25, 2014] - Life After Pi (Official)
[Feb 20, 2014] - Hollywood Heist: Subsidies to the entertainment industry continue to fleece taxpayers
[Jan 21, 2014] - Hollywood Loses Shine for Big Budget Projects
[Jan 21, 2014] - Imageworks Moving More Workforce to Incentive-Friendly Vancouver
[Jan 20, 2014] - Visual Effects Protest Planned for the Oscars (Exclusive)

Sea of Green 2013:
[Nov 26, 2013] - Visual effects artists use Obama's trip to DreamWorks to protest 'bleeding' industry
[Nov 26, 2013] - VFX Artists To Protest Obama's Visit
[Nov 26, 2013] - Audio - President Obama Visits DreamWorks, VFX Animators Protest
[Nov 26, 2013] - ‘Go Green’ Demonstration Details
[Nov 26, 2013] - VFX Workers Protest Outside DreamWorks Animation During Obama Visit
[Nov 26, 2013] - Vfx Soldier Blogger ‘Outs’ Himself to Lead Protest
[Nov 25, 2013] - ‘Green Screen’ Rally To Highlight Runaway Production During Obama Visit
[Nov 25, 2013] - Pixar lays off 5% of workforce over delays to The Good Dinosaur
[Nov 25, 2013] - Will Obama Be Greeted by a Sea of Green at DreamWorks?
[Nov 25, 2013] - VFX Pros: Katzenberg & Obama Not Target Of DreamWorks Animation Protest
[Nov 25, 2013] - Visual Effects Workers on Planned Protest of Obama’s DreamWorks Visit: ‘We’ve Already Won’
[Nov 24, 2013] - VFX Protest Planned for Obama’s DreamWorks Trip
[Nov 23, 2013] - VFX artists dust off the green for Presidential visit
[Nov 22, 2013] - VFX Artists to Protest Obama’s DreamWorks Visit
[Nov 22, 2013] - Obama's L.A. Visit: VFX Community Planning Green-Shirt Protest
[Nov 22, 2013] - Visual effects artists will wear green during Obama's L.A. visit
[Nov 22, 2013] - Visual Effects Artists to Protest Obama’s DreamWorks Animation Visit

2013 Articles:
[Jul 26, 2013] - The Hollywood Reporter - Reflections On Siggraph
[Jul 24, 2013] - The Hollywood Reporter - VFX Artist Dave Rand to DGA:
[Jul 23, 2013] - Dave Rand - An Open Letter to the Directors Guild of America
[Jul 15, 2013] - CBC Daybreak Montreal - Visual effects industry struggling
[Jun 16, 2013] - The Vancouver Sun - Subsidies for Hollywood film producers take from B.C. coffers
[Jun 14, 2013] - The Wrap - Visual Effects Shop for Daniel Radcliffe's 'Horns' Hasn't Paid Workers in Weeks
[Jun 14, 2013] - Variety - Trouble at Newbreed VFX Cementing Montreal’s Bad Rep
[Apr 26, 2013] - Town Hall Meeting Pi Day - VFX - Get Involved!
[Apr 15, 2013] - Town Hall Meeting Pi Day - The VFX Show
[Apr 05, 2013] - The effects industry implodes!
[Mar 20, 2013] - Town Hall Meeting Pi Day - The failures of visual special effects
[Mar 18, 2013] - Town Hall Meeting Pi Day - 1. What's going on with the troubled VFX industry?
[Mar 18, 2013] - Town Hall Meeting Pi Day - 2. What's going on with the troubled VFX industry?
[Mar 03, 2013] - The Hollywood Reporter - Animation Guild Picks Up Lunch For Overtime Workers at Rhythm & Hues

Oscar Protest 2013:
[Mar 24, 2013] - Movie visual effects business in turmoil, artists consider union
[Mar 16, 2013] - VFX Town Hall Urges Trade Association and Union
[Mar 10, 2013] - VFX Industry in Crisis, China Hacker, Tapestry
[Mar 03, 2013] - Hollywood Reporter - Animation Guild Picks Up Lunch For Overtime Workers at Rhythm & Hues
[Mar 01, 2013] - Wired Magazine - Green Scream: The Decay of the Hollywood Special Effects Industry
[Feb 28, 2013] - FXguide - fxpodcast #245: VFX roundtable – Scott Squires, Scott Ross, David Rand
[Feb 28, 2013] - Variety - VES Calls for California to Expand Incentives
[Feb 28, 2013] - Variety - Vfx Angst Comes to a Head at Oscars
[Feb 28, 2013] - Variety - VFX Biz Rage Raises Cyber Attack Fears
[Feb 25, 2013] - KCRW - Oscars draws protests from visual effects industry
[Feb 25, 2013] - Hollywood Reporter - Oscars 2013: VFX Artists Blast 'Disgraceful' TV Moments
[Feb 25, 2013] - Hollywood Reporter - Nearly 500 Representing VFX Community Demonstrate on Hollywood Boulevard
[Feb 25, 2013] - Which Way LA - Oscars draws protests from visual effects industry
[Feb 25, 2013] - Thinking Animation Blog - A Piece of the Pi
[Feb 25, 2013] - Vimeo - 474 + 1 Iron man at VFX Oscar protest
[Feb 25, 2013] - Vimeo - Plane snag banner on fly by and heads to the VFX Rally at the Oscars
[Feb 25, 2013] - Facebook - VFX Rally 2013
[Feb 25, 2013] - Facebook - VFX Rally 2013
[Feb 25, 2013] - The Big Social Picture - The Oscar protest that you didn't know happened
[Feb 25, 2013] - VFX Soldier - An Open Letter to Ang Lee
[Feb 25, 2013] - YouTube - NBC4 on VFX Protest
[Feb 25, 2013] - The Verge - Why are digital video effects artists so angry at Hollywood?
[Feb 25, 2013] - The Animation Guild Representation Card
[Feb 24, 2013] - KCRW - VFX Industry in Trouble; Won an Oscar...Now What?
[Feb 22, 2013] - LA Times - Visual effects workers plan Oscar flyover protest
[Feb 22, 2013] - LA Times - Visual effects workers plan Oscar flyover protest
[Feb 22, 2013] - Dead Line - VFX Pros To Stage Oscar Protest
[Feb 22, 2013] - Wall Street Journal - Visual Effects Industry Does a Disappearing Act

2012 Articles:
[Dec 21, 2012] - Los Angeles Times - California visual effects artists fight foreign film tax credits
[Oct 31, 2012] - Los Angeles Times - Disney would acquire a visual effects firm with Lucasfilm deal
[Apr 20, 2012] - Los Angeles Times - Visual effects artists aim to create better work environments
[Apr 03, 2012] - Los Angeles Times - Digital effects firm's partnership with college draws artists' ire

2011 Articles:
[Nov 11, 2011] - IA4thefuture - Hunkered Down
[Oct 08, 2011] - Variety - State incentives under scrutiny
[Jul 21, 2011] - British Columbia - FX specialist 'transformed' by the Cariboo Chilcotin
[Jun 10, 2011] - davidstripinis.com - Fixing it in Post
[Apr 23, 2011] - Variety - Vfx bizzers debate union
[Apr 21, 2011] - Variety - Visual Effects Unionization Live Panel Discussion
[Apr 11, 2011] - Blogs - Open Letter to IATSE
[Mar 09, 2011] - Podcasts - Exclusive : Dave Rand Interview
[Feb 03, 2011] - The Hollywood Reporter - California Visual Effects Houses Fight to Survive
[Jan 31, 2011] - Podcasts - Podcast recommendation: A Conversation with Dave Rand
[Jan 31, 2011] - fxguide - Podcast recommendation: A Conversation with Dave Rand
[Jan 12, 2011] - Allan Mckay - Overtime vs Productivity Part 2

2010 Articles:
[Dec 27, 2010] - The Huffington Post - Feds Sues Lucasfilm for Undermining VFX Artists
[Dec 23, 2010] - fxguide - Yet Another Facility Closes: CafeFX
[Nov 12, 2010] - Variety - IATSE moves to organize vfx artists
[Oct 10, 2010] - Allan Mckay - Overtime vs Productivity Part 1
[Aug 25, 2010] - Moncinema - Piranha 3D makes waves in Montreal - In French
[Aug 19, 2010] - Variety - Fake Studio Fails To Pay Workers
[May 31, 2010] - Time.com - Hollywood's VFX Sweatshops - Trouble In Boom Times
[May 24, 2010] - VFX Soldier - VFX Soldier Is On The March
[Apr 02, 2010] - VFX Fairness - Town Hall
[Feb 23, 2010] - The Wall Street Journal Online - Working As A Visual-Effects Artist
[Feb 09, 2010] - Variety - VFX Artist Plight At Issue
[Feb 05, 2010] - The Huffington Post - Open Letter To James Cameron: Fairness For Visual Effects Artists

2009 - 2007 Articles:
[Oct 22, 2008] - Montreal Gazette - Special-Effects Studio Closes Leaving Its Artists Unpaid
[Sep 29, 2009] - Variety - Meteor Studios Employees Reach Deal
[Aug 08, 2008] - Montreal Gazette - Centre Of The Earth Effects Artists File Suit To Recover Lost Wages
[Aug 03, 2008] - New York Post - To The Rescue
[Aug 01, 2008] - New York Post - A 'Journey' In Search of Pay
[Jul 28, 2008] - fxguide: Interview with Dave Rand
[Jul 21, 2008] - Playback Magazine - Ex-Meteor Studios Workers Seek Pay
[Jul 09, 2008] - Eworldwire.com - Journey 3D, FX Artists Of Former Meteor Studios Seeking $1 Million In Back Pay
[Jun 19, 2008] - La Press, Montreal - Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3D Expensive Artisans Quebec
[May 25, 2007] - Variety - Blockbusters Take Toll On F/X Shops