SAG-AFTRA launches video game performance/voice actor strike
Voice and motion capture actors are striking in protest of the abusive use of AI to replace and replicate real performers.
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Voice and motion capture actors are striking in protest of the abusive use of AI to replace and replicate real performers.
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Around 150 unionized employees will benefit from annual pay increases, advance notification of layoffs, and other concessions.
Over 98 percent of members have voted in favor of the authorization.
Negotiations with various video game publishers are set to take place in late September following failure to meet needs previously set forth by SAG-AFTRA.
The supermajority of the 144 employees in Sega's Irvine, California office have opted to unionize.
Amazon sought to overturn the Staten Island vote, claiming outside interference and intimidation. It intends to appeal the NLRB's ruling.
Proletariat and Activision Blizzard leadership had a clash of opinion with Communication Workers of America, who accused the company of union-busting tactics.
A group of 300+ ZeniMax Media employees passed a vote to become the first gaming union inside Microsoft and the largest in the United States.
If the vote passes, ZeniMax employees would form the largest gaming union in the United States, and the only US union officially under Microsoft.