Fleischer Studios Strike

Date: May 7, 1937 • Location: Washington, United States

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1937.

Employees at Fleischer Studios in New York City went on strike in the animation industry's first major labor strike.

Fleischer Studios, Inc. was an American animation studio founded in 1929 by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, who ran the pioneering company from its inception until its acquisition by Paramount Pictures in 1942, the parent company and the distributor of its films. In its prime, Fleischer Studios was a premier producer of animated cartoons for theaters, with Walt Disney Productions being its chief competitor in the 1930s.