Actors' strike targets video game industry for fair treatment, higher wages, and benefits. A game-changing battle for workers' rights is on the horizon.
I’ll strike against SAG if they hold back this already behind generation of games. Sony has nothing announced and Microsoft just released its first game in like 3 yrs. Nintendo is already a gen behind.
I care far more that workers' rights are respected than "holding back a generation". That's the point: hiring the companies that are hurting then and having solidarity with the people who actually make the magic happen.
Same thing with Amazon: if they started massive strikes tomorrow, I'd be fine with not buying anything from them. I haven't for years at this point, don't need to start again.
If the workers are collectively joining in this kind of effort, extremely likely that their conditions are unfair and they're being taken advantage of.
Glad to see posts like this. Solidarity Especially with the recent changes to Starting unions by the NLRB, i'm hoping we see the start of a lot more unions, especially in the game industry.
I hope they succeed so they put an end to Capcom's greed and stinginess for hiring dogshit non union voice actors voice actors deserves better, they are the reason why people love these games and give characters life
Workers rights? Dude this is Sag Aftra. This is about protections for Hollywood’s industry of acting and performing talent. SAG-AFTRA is for actors/performers ….it does NOT oversee workers rights the game industry (artists developers non-unionized workers (mostly everyone hired to develop the game). That’s NOT Sag Aftra’s direction like at all. Sag Aftra IS the freaking union.
That’s is great for those unionized actors. Guess what? the rest of the ACTUAL gaming industry is not snd actually have more at risk (job wise) than some contracted union actor for VO or motion capture etc.
You don’t even know what drum you are beating. That’s really f-ed up. WTF?
You love to see it.
The only people who get the fair treatment in the video game industry are executives and shareholders
So, I guess expect massive delays if this happens.
I wish there was as much outrage for retail workers as there is for this. I guess cashier's being replaced by AI self checkouts isn't as concerning.
I’ll strike against SAG if they hold back this already behind generation of games. Sony has nothing announced and Microsoft just released its first game in like 3 yrs. Nintendo is already a gen behind.