The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) National Board approved the provisional agreement with the Video games negotiation group.
The contract on conditions for the interactive media agreement will now be submitted to membership for ratification.
The new contract achieves important guardrails and profit around AI, including the requirement of informed permission for various AI applications and the possibility for artists to suspend informed permission for the use of digital replica during a strike.
If ratified, the Agreement would result in a compound increasing the compensation of the operator at a speed of 15.17% after ratification plus extra 3% increases in November 2025, November 2026 and November 2027. Moreover, the maximum of overtime performers will now be based on double scale. The number of health and pension contribution to the SAG AFTRA health plan will be increased from 16.5% to 17% after ratification and up to 17.5% in October 2026.
Compensation profits include the creation of collective minima for the use of digital replicas made with IMA-covered versions and higher minima (7.5x scale) for “real-time generation”, ie embedding a digital replica-voted chatbot in a video game. “Secondary performance payments” also provide a reimbursement when visual versions are reused in another video game.
Essential new safety provisions were also secured, including a requirement for a qualified medical professional to be present or to be immediately available at rehearsals and versions in which dangerous actions or working conditions are planned. Residual periods are now provided for the most important artists on the camera and employers can no longer ask that artists can complete stunts or other dangerous activities in virtual auditions.
The spokesperson for the video game producers party at the Interactive Media Agreement, Audrey Cooling, said earlier this week in a statement: “We are delighted to reach a provisional contract agreement that has affected the important contributions of SAG-AFTRA-defendants in video games of successful partner between the Interactive Bij op Bij on at three decennia agreement on the interactive agreement. Entertainment industry and the Union. “
Cooling added: “It provides historical wage increases of more than 24% for artists, improved health and safety protection and leading AI provisions that require transparency, permission and compensation for the use of digital replicas in Games. We look forward to working with artists to make new and fascinating entertain number tenter tenter tenter number
The full conditions of the three -year deal are released with the ratification material on Wednesday 18 June.
A provisional agreement was reached with the video game employers on 9 June and the strike was officially suspended on 11 June.
Information meetings of members are planned and additional details are available on sagaftra.org/videogames2025 In the coming days.
Eligible SAG-AFTRA members have PDT on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 until 5 pm to cast their votes on ratification.
SAG-AFTRA represents around 160,000 actors, announcers, temporary employment journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program lists, puppet players, recording artists, singers, stunt artists, voice-over artists and other entertainment and media professionals.
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