SAG-AFTRA National Board Gives Duncan Crabtree-Ireland Power To Call Strike Against Video Game Companies: “Time Is Running Out”
deadline.comVoice actors may be one step closer to hitting the picket lines after the SAG-AFTRA National Board put the power to call a strike in the hands of National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.
On Saturday, the board voted unanimously to allow Crabtree-Ireland to call the strike on services under the Interactive Media Agreement, 10 months after the union’s initial strike authorization vote.
Usually, the National Board retains the power to eventually call the work stoppage, making a transfer of power notable. Any potential strike would be “effective at a time and date to be determined” by Crabtree-Ireland with advance and consent from the National Interactive Media Agreement Negotiating Committee.
It’s been nearly two years since the Interactive Media Agreement was extended beyond its original expiration date to accommodate more talks between the union and the video game companies.
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