[dspillett]

Market dynamics only works that way in employer/employee relationships if the workers push for it enough. From the ealrier discussion someone linked to above: “The elephant in the room here is that VFX, unlike many other film professions, isn’t properly unionised” – this may play into the situation. It may also/instead be that a lot of VFX work is done (once you get down to the individual workers) in short term contracts, a bit like the “gig economy” situations seen in other industries, which seems to easily create a barrier for worker protections.