SAG-AFTRA To Resume Video Game Contract Negotiations
Three months after going on strike over concerns over video games’ AI voice work, SAG-AFTRA is heading back to the negotiating table with the companies that signed on to the Interactive Media Agreement on October 23. Among the companies engaged in the talks are Disney, Activision, Electronic Arts, and Warner Bros. Games. The guild will also stage a picket line at the Warner Bros. lot on October 16.
“SAG-AFTRA and the convenience bargaining group with whom the union negotiates its Interactive Media Agreement will resume negotiations on Wednesday, Oct. 23,” the announcement read. “The convenience bargaining group includes Activision Productions Inc., Blindlight LLC, Disney Character Voices Inc., Electronic Arts Productions Inc., Formosa Interactive LLC, Insomniac Games Inc., Llama Productions LLC, Take 2 Productions Inc., and WB Games Inc.”
No further comment is available from either party at this time.