23 September 2017: Video game voice actors strike ends
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In particular, employers agreed to additional bonus payments of between $75 and $2100 depending on the number of sessions worked.
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On This Day in Working Class History — 23 September 2017: Video game voice actors strike ends. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
On this day in working class history, the 23rd of September. On the 23rd of September 2017, the strike of video game voice actors in the SAG after a union against 11 US video game developers and publishers, including Activision, Electronic Arts, Disney and others ended in a partial victory after 340 days. It was the longest strike in the history of the union. In particular, employers agreed to additional bonus payments of between $75 and $2,100 depending on the number of sessions worked. The sources, maps and all about anniversaries each day, check out the honest day section of our stories at atstories.com. And if you value our work, support us at patreon.com slash work and class history.
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