2024 SAG-AFTRA video game strike

Not to be confused with 2016–2017 video game voice actor strike.

2024 video game voice actor strike
DateJuly 26, 2024 – present
Caused byDisagreements over the terms of a new labor contract
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At 12:01 am PDT (UTC-7) on July 26, 2024, the US labor union SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) initiated a labor strike against all video game companies signed to the Interactive Media Agreement.[2][3] The strike had been authorized in September 2023.[4][5][6] The strike started after a year and a half of negotiations which failed to result in a protection agreement from the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for all performers covered by the Interactive Media Agreement.[2] In addition to video game performers, there were concerns about companies having the ability to train AI to replicate an actor’s voice, or create a digital replica of their likeness, without consent or fair compensation.[3]

  1. ^ Dreier, Natalie (July 26, 2024). "SAG-AFTRA video game actors go on strike". KIRO-TV. Cox Media Group. Archived from the original on July 28, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "SAG-AFTRA Members Who Work on Video Games Go on Strike; A.I. Protections Remain the Sticking Point". SAG-AFTRA. July 26, 2024. Archived from the original on July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Parvini, Sarah (July 26, 2024). "Video game performers will go on strike over artificial intelligence concerns". Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  4. ^ Parvini, Sarah (September 25, 2023). "SAG-AFTRA members vote to authorize strike against video game companies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  5. ^ "SAG-AFTRA National Board Votes Unanimously to Send Interactive Media (Video Game) Strike Authorization Vote to Members". SAG-AFTRA. September 1, 2023. Archived from the original on September 2, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  6. ^ "Video game voice actor members of SAG-AFTRA go on strike over lack of AI protections for union". WSB-TV. Cox Media Group. July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.