A blend capable of being melt fabricated into an antistatic film which has improved antistatic action practically immediately after production comprises ethylene .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3-8 carboxylic acid copolymers having 0-90% of the carboxylic acid groups neutralized by metal ions, particularly sodium ions, and an antistatic effective amount of a polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid, particularly Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monolaureate.