Union Uftra Aftra Actors reach the agreement with gaming companies to stop the strike

Game companies and SAG-Aftra The Federation of Acting Parties reached an agreement that is expected to end a long strike.

Once the conditions for the hunger suspension with employers are completed, the strike will be completed. The strike was about the rights of vocal actors of video games when it came to the use of their voices or suspicions when it came to the use of gaming companies from artificial intelligence to reproduce actors in their games.

The Agreement of Artists in the field of television and radio (SAG-Aftra), representing actors on screen screens, and video game companies signed to an agreement. The strike has continued since July 26, 2024.

Companies include Activision Productions Inc. And BlindLight LLC and Disney Character Voices Inc. And Electronic Arts Productions Inc. And Epic Games Inc. Formosa Inaction LLC and Insomniac Games Inc. And Take 2 Productions Inc. And wb games inc.

They have reached an initial agreement on the terms of interactive media contract, with a review and approval of the National Council and the certification by membership in the coming weeks. Specific details of the agreement will be issued with ratification materials.

The conditions for the hunger suspension agreement with employers are expected to be completed soon. Until this agreement is reached, SAG-Aftra will remain a strike against these employers.

“Everyone at SAG-Aftra is very grateful for the sacrifices made by video game artists and the negotiation committee dedication to the interactive media agreement during these many months of the video game strike,” said the National CEO of SAG-Aftra and the head of negotiations, Denkan Krabitri Erland, in a statement.

He added: “Patience and perseverance have led to an agreement that puts in its necessary place from the necessary handrails that defend the livelihoods of artists in the era of artificial intelligence, in addition to other important gains. Thank you, interactive media agreement negotiating President Sarah Emalieh and the head of contracts, Riergwiz, for your difficult work and calling for this contract.”

“He has stood up in video games against the largest employers in one of the most profitable industries in the world. Their amazing courage and perseverance, along with the work that was before, was also designed to start negotiating. The ongoing work and progress is the name of the game,” said the president of the Sag-Aftra Fran Dracher in a statement.

SAG-Aftra members were a 11-month-old video game holder. Before that, SAG-Aftra members agreed to license the video game strike in September 2023 with a vote of 98.32 %.

SAG-Aftra represents what SAG-Aftra members are the faces and sounds that are comfortable and informed of America and the world.