Japan had a very strong labor movement that was systematically dismantled in the 80s, as it was in the U.S. Miyazaki Hayao was a union leader at Toei early in h

Japan had a very strong labor movement that was systematically dismantled in the 80s, as it was in the U.S. Miyazaki Hayao was a union leader at Toei early in his career and quite famously criticized Tezuka for establishing the exploitation and underpayment of animators as industry practice with his studio, Mushi Production.