Media union SAG-AFTRA has announced that it's suspending its video game-focused strike after almost a year thanks to a "tentative agreement" being reached with signatories of the union's Interactive Media Agreement (IMA).
Suspension of the strike comes just a few days after SAG-AFTRA revealed said "tentative agreement". In a new post, SAG-AFTRA says its members should "return to work on productions under the IMA, including work promoting or publicizing projects produced under the IMA".
It's worth noting that the "tentative agreement" reached today hasn't been finalized yet. The union says it intends to "meet in special session" later today in order to consider the agreement, so it hasn't yet been approved.
SAG-AFTRA members elected to strike in July last year, after over eighteen months of negotiation between the union and the companies who signed the Interactive Media Agreement failed to produce a satisfactory deal.
Companies included in the agreement include Activision, Insomniac Games, and EA, and SAG-AFTRA's original statement on the commencement of the strike claims that these employers refused to "plainly affirm, in clear and enforceable language" that actors would be protected from AI-related abuse of their work or image.
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