SAG-AFTRA to vote on potential strike for video game actors
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SAG-AFTRA is calling on members to vote on whether or not the union should be given authority to declare a strike for video game actors and performers.
In addition to its strike against TV and film production companies, the union is currently negotiating the terms of its Interactive Media Agreement with a number of video games publishers, developers and service firms.
The union is calling for wage increases and protection against the unrestrained use of artifical intelligence, among other things.
If members vote to authorise the strike, it does not necessarily mean that strike action will take place. Instead, as SAG-AFTRA explains on its website, it gives the union the option to initiate a strike if negotiations with video games companies fails to produce a deal that satisfies its members.
SAG-AFTRA is currently preparing to bargain with ten companies that handle voice, motion and performance capture in video games:
The union is asking these companies to agree to the following:
While many of these are similar issues to those discussed in the ongoing strike against TV and film production, SAG-AFTRA emphasised the Interactive Media Agreement is a separate contract and will not have any impact on the other strike.
Voting for eligible members will close at 5pm PT on September 25. The vote was unanimously approved by SAG-AFTRA's national board.
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