David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA and nine of the video game industry’s largest companies have agreed to a two-year extension of their 2017 Interactive Media Agreement covering voice-over and performance-capture performers.
Under the new agreement, wage minimums will increase 3% per year and employer health and retirement contributions will increase 0.5%.
The union went on strike for 340 days – the longest in its history – to achieve the 2017 contract.“We are pleased to have reached this agreement with the employers,” said SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris. “The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the entertainment industry, but work on video games, much of which can be done remotely, has continued.
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