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Screen Actors Guild Members Vote to Accept Video Game Contract

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 29, 2005 - 7:05am.
Los Angeles -- Actor members of Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) have voted to approve a new contract covering their appearances in video games, the group announced on Friday. SAG members voted 81% in favor of the contract; a previous member vote approving the contract was nullified by an overriding vote by SAG's national executive committee. The new contract provides higher wages and more comprehensive benefits for video game actors, but denies their demands for residual payments based on game sales. A similar contract was approved in June by another actors' union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). "By voting for this contract, SAG members have achieved major gains despite the fact that we were not able to win in the area of residuals," said Screen Actors Guild chief negotiator Sallie Weaver. "The interactive market is of vital importance to our membership, and SAG will spend the next three-and-a-half years devoting resources to further organize this exploding industry so that we can return to the bargaining table with renewed strength and vigor."
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