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Warner Bros. Games. At 12:01 am PDT (UTC-7) on July 26, 2024, the US labor union SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) initiated a labor strike against all video game companies signed to the Interactive Media Agreement. [2][3] The strike had been authorized in September 2023. [4][5][6] The ...
Video game performers are officially on strike. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists called a walkout this week on behalf of roughly 2,600 actors doing voice ...
Thursday's labor action marks the second time SAG-AFTRA's video game performers have gone on strike. Their first work stoppage, in October 2016, began after more than one year of negotiations failed.
An actors' strike, coming on the heels of the writers' strike, is a double whammy for an industry that was already struggling to emerge from the pandemic and upheaval caused by the streaming era.
A crowd of SAG-AFTRA and WGA members striking in Los Angeles on June 21, 2023. The 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike had a significant impact on the film and television industries of the United States, causing many film and television projects to shut down or postpone production. [1][2] Many productions had already been affected by the concurrent Writers ...
The strike comes amid an ongoing surge in labor organizing among video game creators, driven by a wave of mass layoffs over the last two years and by fears of AI-driven job loss or degradation of ...
The strike marks the first time that actors have initiated a labor dispute since the 1980 actors strike. On September 1, the SAG-AFTRA National Board voted to send the video game strike authorization vote to its members, [23] [24] and on September 25, the results showed the authorization passed with 98.32% voting in favor. [25]
October 26, 2024 at 8:26 AM. SAG-AFTRA’s strike against major video game publishers will continue, as the actors union has extended contract negotiations with the employers. This comes after an ...