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Good or Bad? New Voice Actor Agreements For Video Games

October 31st, 2009

More tensions between the two major unions (SAG/Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists,) that represent voice over actors. According to Variety, the two unions do not agree on the latest terms that the video game industry is offering Voice Over Actors.

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sag_logoScreen Actors Guild thesps have thrown a wrench into the world of videogame voice work, rejecting a tentative deal for a new contract and asking employers to return to the bargaining table.

AFTRA_logo_resize_nyThe American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, which covers the lion’s share of unionized voice work for vidgames, is sending out the same deal to its 2,200 members who work the contract with a Nov. 12 deadline for response. AFTRA’s national board OK’d the deal Saturday with “an overwhelming and strong” recommendation for a yes vote.

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