May 29, 1941
The Disney animators went on strike. Labor pressures had been building since promises made to artists over the success of Snow White were reneged on. On May 28, Walt Disney fired animator Art Babbitt, the creator of Goofy, and thirteen other cartoonists for demanding a union. The Next morning a picket line of 350, and campsite went up across the street from the studio’s main gate. .
