{"id":2021168,"date":"2023-09-04T01:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T05:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sag-aftra-strike-authorization-vote-on-video-game-producers-begins-tuesday\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T01:36:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T05:36:25","slug":"sag-aftra-strike-authorization-vote-on-video-game-producers-begins-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sag-aftra-strike-authorization-vote-on-video-game-producers-begins-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"SAG-AFTRA starts strike vote for video game producers on Tuesday."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsag-aftra-strike-authorization-vote-on-video-game-producers-begins-tuesday%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021168&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Strike-Authorization Vote\u2064 Sent to SAG-AFTRA \u2064Members<\/h2>\n<p>LOS\u2062 ANGELES\u2014Exciting news for \u200cmembers of the SAG-AFTRA actors&#8217; union! On Tuesday, Sept. \u20635, eligible\u200d members \u200bwill receive the\u200b information for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-preemptively-resigns-from-the-screen-actors-guild\/\" title=\"President Trump preemptively resigns from the Screen Actors Guild\">sag-aftra<\/a>-strike-authorization-vote-on-video-game-producers-begins-tuesday\/&#8221; title=&#8221;SAG-AFTRA starts strike vote for video game producers on Tuesday.&#8221;>strike-authorization vote targeting video\u2062 game production\u2063 companies<\/a>. This comes as the union\u2063 is already \u200bon strike against Hollywood film and TV studios.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been\u200b nearly a year\u200c since SAG-AFTRA&#8217;s video\u200b game contract, the Interactive \u200dMedia Agreement, was extended beyond the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-more-than-quadruples-the-number-of-ukrainians-given-protected-status-in-us\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Increases Protected Status for Ukrainians in US by Over Four Times.\">original expiration date<\/a> as we negotiated with \u2063the companies\u2063 for critical\u2062 terms SAG-AFTRA\u2064 members need,&#8221; union officials said in a recent \u200bstatement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, throughout the negotiations, the companies have failed to address \u2064those \u2062needs. For this reason, the negotiating \u200dcommittee \u200cand National Board unanimously agreed that the\u2062 union should have a member-approved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-cities-where-teachers-unions-are-keeping-schools-shutdown\/\" title=\"Five Cities Where Teachers Unions Are Keeping Schools Shutdown\">strike authorization<\/a>\u2064 in hand when bargaining resumes on Sept. 26.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/hollywood-strike-intensifies-after-another-failed-negotiation-between-producers-and-writers-5479391\">Hollywood Strike Intensifies After Another Failed Negotiation Between Producers and Writers<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/23\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/hollywood-strike-intensifies-after-another-failed-negotiation-between-producers-and-writers-5479391\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/writers-actors-hold-national-day-of-solidarity-rally-as-strikes-continue-5478866\">Writers, \u200cActors Hold\u2062 National &#8216;Day of Solidarity&#8217; Rally as Strikes Continue<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/22\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/writers-actors-hold-national-day-of-solidarity-rally-as-strikes-continue-5478866\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The video game companies\u2062 involved in the talks include Activision Productions, Blindlight, Disney \u200bCharacter Voices, Electronic\u200d Arts Productions, Epic \u2064Games, \u200dFormosa Interactive, Insomniac Games, Take 2 Productions, VoiceWorks Productions and WB Games.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b video game agreement is separate from the contract covering film and TV actors, who are\u2064 on strike amid stalled talks with \u200cthe Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The union noted that many key issues are the same, most notably compensation and \u200cprotections against the \u2063use of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>According to the \u2063union, SAG-AFTRA\u200b is seeking an 11 percent retroactive wage\u200b increase \u200band 4 percent\u2063 increases in the second and third years of the contract, along with mandatory rest breaks, on-set medics during stunts or hazardous work and &#8220;vocal stress protections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Voting on the strike authorization will \u2063close Sept. 25.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014SAG-AFTRA actors&#8217; union, currently on strike against film and TV studios, will mail strike-authorization vote details to eligible members on Sept. 5. 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