{"id":589544,"date":"2023-09-02T15:12:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T12:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sag-aftra-calls-for-video-game-actors-to-join-picket-line\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T15:12:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T12:12:01","slug":"sag-aftra-calls-for-video-game-actors-to-join-picket-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sag-aftra-calls-for-video-game-actors-to-join-picket-line\/","title":{"rendered":"#SAG-AFTRA calls for video game actors to join picket line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/AP23230612363583.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The actors\u2019 union which is already striking Hollywood movie studios called for a second strike authorization on Friday for video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> actors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere we go again! Now our Interactive (Video Game) Agreement is at a stalemate too. Once again we are facing employer greed and disrespect,\u201d SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sagaftra.org\/sag-aftra-national-board-votes-unanimously-send-interactive-media-video-game-strike-authorization\">said in a statement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The union is seeking similar terms to its Hollywood contract, including higher wages and protections from artificial intelligence technologies that some fear will take jobs away in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Video game actors in the union mostly consist of those who do motion capture and voice work for the largest video game titles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe overlap of these two SAG-AFTRA contracts is no coincidence, but rather a predictable issue impacting our industry as well as others all over the world,\u201d Drescher continued. \u201cThe disease of greed is spreading like wildfire ready to burn workers out of their livelihoods and humans out of their usefulness. We at SAG-AFTRA say NO! Not on our watch!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Demands include an im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te 11 percent raise with two 4 percent increases during the contract, medical staff on site for motion capture performers and protections against artificial intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The SAG-AFTRA video game contract is with the largest publishers in the industry, including EA, Disney, Epic Games \u2014 developers of Fortnite \u2014 and Take Two \u2014 parent company to the publishers of the Grand Theft Auto <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> and 2K sports series, among other titles.<\/p>\n<p>The union\u2019s national board will start a members\u2019 vote this month to officially authorize a strike. That process is expected to finish at the end of this month.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The games industry said it is committed to negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all want a fair contract that reflects the important contributions of SAG-AFTRA-represented performers in an industry that delivers world-class entertainment to billions of players around the world,\u201d Audrey Cooling, a representative for industry negotiators, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sagaftra.org\/sag-aftra-national-board-votes-unanimously-send-interactive-media-video-game-strike-authorization\">told Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SAG-AFTRA\u2019s Hollywood strike is nearing three months, shutting down Hollywood studios as actors demand better wages, residuals, working conditions and AI protections. It coincides with a strike of the Writers Guild, the first time the two unions have engaged in strikes together since 1960.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Now our Interactive (Video Game) Agreement is at a stalemate too. Once again we are facing employer greed and disrespect,\u201d SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said in a statement.\u00a0 The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":589545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/AP23230612363583.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[134344,117,134343,134353,1569,80518,82788,124783,120045,32602,145494,14985,145495],"class_list":["post-589544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-administration","tag-business","tag-campaign","tag-court-battles","tag-disney","tag-ea","tag-epic-games","tag-international","tag-labor-strikes","tag-sag-aftra","tag-take-two","tag-union","tag-video-game-strike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}