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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Will Video Game Actors Go on Strike? SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike Explained.
The Mary Sue: SAG-AFTRA, the screen actors’ union, has authorized a video game strike! Now, they’ve already been on strike for 75 days as of today, so how was there another vote on a strike authorization recently that was overwhelmingly approved yesterday?
1 comment:
Jessica Williams
said...
Everyone involved in these strikes are definitely in need of them but I think that the Video Game industry is an especially sinful member of the larger entertainment industry. Now my statement is not limited to just the actors by any means, video game developers have long been exploited and treated poorly by the companies they are working for. Hell, just look at the whole Blizzard debacle a few years ago. So while I know that this video game actor strike is good for the actors and SAG-AFTRA and WAG in general but I can only hope that this strike might inspire the game developers to form/ join their own unions so that we can be one step closer to a more equitable entertainment industry at large. I know that the Auto Worker strike is not close to the entertainment industry but seeing so many people be active in their unions and actually win against the companies brings me so much joy and relief after years of being terrified that they would die out.
1 comment:
Everyone involved in these strikes are definitely in need of them but I think that the Video Game industry is an especially sinful member of the larger entertainment industry. Now my statement is not limited to just the actors by any means, video game developers have long been exploited and treated poorly by the companies they are working for. Hell, just look at the whole Blizzard debacle a few years ago. So while I know that this video game actor strike is good for the actors and SAG-AFTRA and WAG in general but I can only hope that this strike might inspire the game developers to form/ join their own unions so that we can be one step closer to a more equitable entertainment industry at large. I know that the Auto Worker strike is not close to the entertainment industry but seeing so many people be active in their unions and actually win against the companies brings me so much joy and relief after years of being terrified that they would die out.
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