SAG-AFTRA announces performers currently on strike against video game makers
will be picketing WB Games offices in Burbank, CA on Thursday from Noon to 3:00
pm EDT. The limited scope shows this is not as much to disrupt operations as to
draw attention to the strike, which was called
last week. Here's
word:
SAG-AFTRA members who perform in video games went on strike against
all video game companies signed to the Interactive Media Agreement, effective
12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 26.
SAG-AFTRA is striking this contract so that members working in interactive media
(video games) can continue earning a living doing the job they love. Our
members’ work and likenesses are being exploited by artificial intelligence, and
video game companies have refused to offer a fair deal that addresses this
existential threat.