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SAG-AFTRA Calls Strike Against Major Video Game Studios

Last September, nearly 35,000 of the union's members voted to authorize a strike. "Enough is enough,” stated union president Fran Drescher.

The union has said that pay has not kept pace with inflation and it has unaddressed concerns about gaming companies’ use of artificial intelligence in the contracts of performers who make money using their voices and/or likenesses. “Frankly, it’s stunning that these video game studios haven’t learned anything from the lessons of last year — that our members can and will stand up and demand fair and equitable treatment with respect to AI, and the public supports us in that,” added Crabtree-Ireland. SAG-AFTRA is eight months removed from its historic 118-day actors strike against the major studios over a new three-year TV/Theatrical contract, which was ratified in December of last year and valued by the union at $1 billion.

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