Video game actor Strike: Sag-Aftra receives a final offer

The most important video game companies that are involved in negotiations with SAG-ATTRA who represent language and motion capture actors in video games say that they have made their final offer in the negotiations to end the actor if they approached his 300-day mark.

Presented in an explanation too diversity On Monday, SAG-ATTRA “convicted” the step of the video game companies to publish the publication proposal and declared that his negotiation committee “replied to this offer within 72 hours of 2. May with our own answer to the open issues in connection with artificial intelligence” and “We do not have to receive an answer to our counter offering so far”.

After 18 months of negotiations on July 16, 2024, the Actors Union. At this point, the strike depends on a single problem: Sag-Aftra-strong concerns about the consent and compensation for the use of AI replicates.

Although the strike applies to certain titles from case to case.

diversity has received the recent proposal from the companies that they sent on April 30th. This proposal was regarded by the video game publishers as the “best and last” offer after the negotiations lasted from April 11th to April 15th. On the way to this round of negotiations, the two sides had preliminary agreements on 24 out of 25 total proposals, including 24% wage increases compared to the lifespan of the contract The final problem was protection against generative AI.

See the “Best and Last” boat of the video game company below to provide SAG -Aftra below.

“We are confident that the union will not go away if we are so close to a deal” diversity. “Our proposal includes wage increases of over 24% for SAG-ATTRA actors in video games, improved health and security protection, industry-managing terms of use for digital replica in the game in the game AI.

Here is the complete statement by SAG-Aftra, which was made available diversity Together with the counter -proposal of the Actors Union.

“SAG-AFTRA condemns the attempt by video game companies to sow the confusion in the community by releasing the misleading rhetoric about our ongoing negotiations. The explanation that indicates that the union” goes “from the negotiations on this contract is absurd and the opposite of the truth. Committee and membership to surrender their demands.

It is the employers who have described their last count as “the last and best offer”, the union has not taken such a step. On the contrary, SAG-Aftra reacted within 72 hours of 2. May with our own reaction to the open topics in connection with artificial intelligence. So far we have not received an answer to our meter offer of May 2.

SAG-ATTRA is organizing an information meeting for members on Wednesday, May 7th, who work as part of the interactive media contract. We expect to review the latest offers from employers and Union and to hear your feedback in this confidential environment. Members can register at sagaftra.org/videogamestrike.

In the course of the negotiations, we ask all members to keep each other up to date, committed and respectfully. Messages are spread that are neither officially nor exactly. On our video game strike page can be found in sagaftra.org/videogamestrike to get updates. Also follow the conversation in your social media feeds (Instagram, Facebook, XBlue Sky, Threads, Tik -Tok) for official messages and e -mails from the union. “

See below from SAG-Aftra.

SAG-ATTRA and the gaming publisher started negotiations on the new agreement in October 2022. In September 2023, the union applied for approval for this strike and the members emphasized the interruption of work with a vote of 98.32%.

In several quarters, the video game publishers suppressed concerns about the effects of the strike on the upcoming games by finding how far most voice -over work is recorded and the shareholders assure that their pipelines are long. But since the strike has been going on for nine months, the development cycle is more at stake.

The Actors Union previously went out against the video game manufacturers in October 2016 when the Union fought for a remaining compensation structure. The strike ended almost a year later in September 2017.

In the following you will find copies of the full proposal of the video game companies and a summary of the “protective measures” offered by the companies, all of which are made available by the video game companies. diversity.