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US actors union suspends year-long video game strike following "tentative agreement" over AI
Days after announcing a "tentative agreement" had been reached with key video game companies, US actors union SAG-AFTRA…
SAG-AFTRA (AKA the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) represents around 160,000 members, and it announced a strike affecting all work under its Interactive Media Agreement - which includes video game voice acting and other roles - last July. While SAG-AFTRA successfully negotiated on a variety of critical issues, including wages in-line with inflation and job safety, sufficient protections against the exploitative use of AI remained a key sticking point. And now, following that news, SAG-AFTRA national executive director & chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland has officially suspended the strike against the companies signatory to the Interactive Media Agreement, as of noon PT today.
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