A file photo of a picketer holding a sign for the SAG-AFTRA video game strike at Warner Bros Games headquarters on Aug 1, 2024, in Burbank, California. SAG-AFTRA said 95% of the members who voted on July 9, 2025, favoured ratification. — AP
LOS ANGELES: Unionised video game performers have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new contract with their employers.
The vote, whose results were announced on the night of July 9 by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, ends a nearly three-year-long effort from union negotiators to obtain a new contract for the performers. The process, which included an 11-month strike against several major game makers, hinged on how artificial intelligence would affect performers in the industry.
