Whereas the Author’s Guild strike lastly seems near a decision, movie and TV actors are nonetheless on strike–and online game voice actors and mo-cap efficiency artists appear poised to affix them. Within the newest on potential strike motion within the video games business, SAG-AFTRA members who work on video video games have voted unanimously to authorize a strike, which means a strike may very well be referred to as at any time as negotiations proceed.
A press launch put out by SAG-AFTRA says that the vote handed 98.32% in favor of authorizing a strike, as negotiations proceed on the Interactive Media Settlement. SAG-AFTRA is negotiating on behalf of voice actors and movement seize performers with quite a few large corporations concerned within the video games business, together with Activision, Disney, EA, Insomniac Video games, Epic Video games, Take 2, WB Video games, in addition to corporations that present manufacturing companies to different main gamers within the business.
The Interactive Media Settlement negotiations have been going for nearly a yr, with the union saying corporations nonetheless refuse to supply acceptable phrases on essential points together with wage progress, office security, and using AI. The following bargaining session will happen over September 26 to twenty-eight, with the specter of a strike appearing as added leverage.
“It is time for the online game corporations to cease enjoying video games and get critical about reaching an settlement on this contract,” stated SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher. “The results of this vote exhibits our membership understands the existential nature of those negotiations, and that the time is now for these companies–which are making billions of {dollars} and paying their CEOs lavishly–to give our performers an settlement that retains performing in video video games as a viable profession.”
Online game voice actors went on strike for the very first time in 2016-2017, with the 11 month strike leading to improved working situations and pay for voice actors. Now, the union’s industrial motion additionally contains movement seize performers, who’re more and more essential to large AAA productions. It is nonetheless but to be seen whether or not the following spherical of negotiations will result in an precise strike.
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