SAG-AFTRA Reaches Tentative Contract Deal With Video Game Companies After Nearly a Year on Strike
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Performers have been withholding their services from major firms like Activision, Electronic Arts and Insomniac Games since July 2024.
By Katie Kilkenny June 9, 2025 9:42pm
In an agreement that could eventually mark the end of a nearly yearlong strike, SAG-AFTRA and major video game companies have reached a tentative deal on a contract agreement.
The performers’ union announced the provisional deal on Monday night without getting into specifics on the terms of the agreement. The work stoppage against video game firms will continue until the terms of a strike suspension agreement have been fully hammered out, the union stated.
With the strike, the union took a stand against proposed AI terms that leaders claimed would have allowed companies to undercut members and their position in the workplace.
SAG-AFTRA national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said in a statement on Monday night that the deal indeed “puts in place the necessary A.I. guardrails that defend performers’ livelihoods in the A.I. age, alongside other important gains,” though no specific terms were shared.
Katie Kilkenny
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