Voice actors strike has been authorised

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Last month a slew of prominent video game voice actors voted to go on strike through the union SAG-AFTRA. That strike is now authorised with a whopping 96.52 per cent of union members having voted in its favour.
In order for the National Board to declare a strike it needed at least 75 per cent of union members to give the greenlight. Given the outcome, the Negotiating Committee will return to the bargaining table in hopes of coming to an agreement with various publishers for a new contract. The previous Interactive Media Agreement expired on 31st December last year and negotiations in both February and June failed to produce adequate results for the union.
"It is important to note that the referendum result does not mean that members are on strike, rather, it gives the National Board the authority to declare a strike," SAG-AFTRA noted in its announcement about the results. It sounds like that's going to happen unless various publishers can work something out with the union pronto.
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