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Screen Actors Guild American Federation of TV and Radio or better known as SAG-AFTRA are threatening to go on a strike to enforce their negotiations with big video game publishers.
A change for how voice actors are paid is amongst the demands leading to Back-End Bonuses; common in film acting, initially charges for voice acting fees upfront but will eventually pay performance bonuses after meeting certain milestones post-release (e.g. After 2 million copies of a game is sold). SAG-AFTRA want a residual sum to kick in after milestones continue to heap following the games sales pattern, also claiming that it protects smaller game developers and publishers as they don't seem to rack in as much sales as AAA developers and publishers, calling for a vote to strike and it 75% of its members agree to go on strike? They are required to not work until a resolution has been reached.
Also Encouraging non-union members to join, certain actors have already used the social media to voice their discontent; Jennifer Hayle Ashley Birch Will Wheaton and Steve Blum have all voted in favour of a strike. Using #PerformanceMatters #IAmOnBoard2015 on Twitter.
All we want is a fair Interactive contract. Please stand with us. #PerformanceMatters #IAmOnBoard2015 pic.twitter.com/fISZasDC7W
— Steve Blum (@blumspew) September 22, 2015
SAG-AFTRA and members of the game industry have met twice earlier in the year without a resolution to the problem.
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