{"id":2045263,"date":"2023-09-26T14:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T18:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sag-aftra-members-vote-to-authorize-strike-against-video-game-industry\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T14:33:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T18:33:43","slug":"sag-aftra-members-vote-to-authorize-strike-against-video-game-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sag-aftra-members-vote-to-authorize-strike-against-video-game-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"SAG-AFTRA members approve strike against video game industry."},"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\">16<\/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-members-vote-to-authorize-strike-against-video-game-industry%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=2045263&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--><h2>SAG-AFTRA Members Vote in Favor of Potential Strike \u2064Against \u2064Video Game Companies<\/h2>\n<p>SAG-AFTRA members made\u200d a resounding statement on Monday, with 98% of them authorizing a potential strike against ten major video game companies. This comes as \u200bthe union\u200b is already on strike against the TV and film industry, resulting in \u200ba complete shutdown of Hollywood. The last strike against gaming companies lasted nearly six\u2064 months, and now\u2063 the industry is once again facing the possibility of a work stoppage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s time \u200cfor the video\u200d game companies to stop \u200bplaying games\u2062 and get serious about \u200creaching an agreement on \u2063this contract,&#8221; said SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher. The union&#8217;s demands,\u2062 similar to those of striking writers and actors, \u2062revolve around compensation \u200dand the use of artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>While the vote gives the national \u200cboard the\u200c authority \u2063to call a strike, it doesn&#8217;t guarantee that it will \u2063happen. However, the union&#8217;s members are determined to secure a \u200dfair deal. &#8220;Our performers \u200ddeserve an agreement that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sag-aftra-members-vote-to-authorize-strike-against-video-game-industry\/\" title=\"SAG-AFTRA members approve strike against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-demands-the-video-game-industry-speak-about-abortion-unless-theyre-pro-life\/\" title=\"Washington Post Demands The Video Game Industry Speak About Abortion \u2014 Unless They\u2019re Pro-Life\">video game industry<\/a>.&#8221;>ensures video game acting remains<\/a> a viable career,&#8221; Drescher emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sag-aftra-strike-authorization-vote-on-video-game-producers-begins-tuesday\/\" title=\"SAG-AFTRA starts strike vote for video game producers on Tuesday.\">video game producers<\/a> are working hard to avoid another strike. They have \u200dalready \u2062reached tentative \u200cagreements on more \u200bthan half of the proposals and are optimistic about finding a resolution at the bargaining table.<\/p>\n<p>Both parties are set to resume negotiations on Tuesday,\u200c and\u2062 the outcome will determine whether the video game industry will face\u200c a major disruption.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are video\u2062 game \u2064producers doing to\u200d avoid another strike and reach a resolution \u200cwith\u200d SAG-AFTRA<\/h2>\n<p><span>  SAG-AFTRA members have recently voted in favor of a potential strike against ten major\u2062 video game\u200b companies. This decision\u200d comes amidst an ongoing strike by \u2062the union against the TV and film industry, which has resulted \u2064in a complete shutdown of Hollywood. With the \u2064last strike against gaming companies lasting\u2063 nearly \u200csix months, there\u2063 is now the possibility of a\u200b work stoppage once again.<\/p>\n<p>SAG-AFTRA President, Fran Drescher, stated, &#8220;It&#8217;s time for \u2064the video \u2063game companies to stop playing games and get serious about reaching an agreement on this contract.&#8221; The\u200c union&#8217;s demands, similar to those of striking writers \u2063and actors, focus\u200d on compensation and the use of artificial \u200bintelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>While the vote gives the national board the authority\u200c to call \u2063a strike, it does not \u200cguarantee that it \u200cwill \u200dhappen.\u200c Nevertheless, the \u200bunion&#8217;s members are determined \u200bto secure a fair deal. Drescher emphasized,\u2063 &#8220;Our \u2063performers deserve an agreement \u2063that ensures video game acting remains a \u2062viable\u200b career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, \u2063video game\u2063 producers are working hard \u200dto avoid another strike. They have \u2064already reached tentative\u2063 agreements on more than half \u200cof the proposals \u200band\u200d remain optimistic about finding\u200d a resolution at the \u2062bargaining table.<\/p>\n<p>Both\u2062 parties are scheduled to resume negotiations on Tuesday, and the outcome will ultimately determine whether the video game industry will face \u200da major disruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAG-AFTRA members voted overwhelmingly, with 98% in favor, to authorize a strike against ten major video game companies. Currently, the union is already on strike against the TV and film industry, along with the WGA. This has led to a complete shutdown of Hollywood, as the WGA initiated their strike on May 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2045264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2045263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2045263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2045263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2045263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2045264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2045263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2045263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2045263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}