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“This is akin to SAG giving a thumbs-up for studios/streamers using non-union actors,” she wrote. “I find it baffling that a union representing human actors would give approval of those same ...
SAG-AFTRA’s allegations are related to a non-Riot game, the game publisher said. The union said members must immediately stop providing covered services to “League of Legends." Until Tuesday, the game was one of several titles that remained unstruck. Formosa is a union signatory. “League of Legends is a game of champions.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood’s actors union called a strike against the popular multiplayer online game “League of Legends” on Tuesday, arguing the company that produces the game attempted to get around the ongoing video game strike by hiring non-union actors to work on a union title.
Non-union actors working as extras will typically be paid “between $100 and $200” for a 10-12 hour day of work, the acting industry website Backstage estimates.
The majority of video games use non-union actors, with Deadline estimating in 2016 that a quarter of games are union projects, with more established actors working on games. [6] [1] Unlike other entertainment media such as film or television, video game voice actors are not paid residuals or secondary compensation based on the success of a game ...
However, even on non-union productions, an extra's pay is an agreed day-rate for ten hours of production time. [4] Actors who are recognisable or 'featured' in a commercial under agreement with BECTU/Equity are paid on-going royalties.
Performers wishing to work on non-union projects can instead claim FiCore status and avoid any union ramifications. This option allows performers to circumvent any SAG-AFTRA obligations, rules, guidelines, and discipline including union actors' pledge to refuse to work non-union jobs.
The unilateral and surreptitious transfer of union work to a ‘non-union’ shell company is an impermissible and appalling attempt to evade a strike action and destroy performers’ rights under ...