Hollywood Artists Call For Strike Against Video Game CompaniesExBulletin

SAG-AFTRA members protest outside Paramount Studios in 2023. Union members went on strike between July and November during negotiations with Hollywood film and television studios. Today, the focus is on video games.

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Actors and performers from the SAG-AFTRA union have declared a strike against video game companies. Starting Friday, union members will stop all voiceover, motion capture, stunt work and other work that appears in video games.

SAG-AFTRA has been negotiating for more than a year and a half with companies including Activision, Electronic Arts, WB Games and Disney. Union members approved a strike authorization in September.

The use of AI in video game development has become a central issue in negotiations: We will not accept a contract that allows companies to abuse AI to the detriment of our members. Enough is enough, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher wrote in a statement today.

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, national executive director of SAG-AFTRA, wrote that video game actors deserve fair compensation and the right to informed consent for the use of their faces, voices and bodies by AI.

But video game producers consider their offer to be strong. We have already reached agreement on 24 of the 25 proposals, including historic wage increases and additional safety provisions, Audrey Cooling, a spokeswoman for the video game companies involved in the negotiations, wrote today. Our offer directly addresses SAG-AFTRA’s concerns and extends meaningful AI protections that include requiring consent and fair compensation to all performers working under SAG’s authority. [Interactive Media Agreement].

Between July and November of last year, SAG-AFTRA members were on strike against major Hollywood studios.

Editor's note: Many NPR employees are members of SAG-AFTRA, but are under a different contract and are not on strike.

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