ANTI-AI ARCHIVE
RESEARCH GUIDE

From strike to agreement: distinguish announcement, ratification and implementation

ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · LUOCAO / CHEN HAOHAO

Revised 2026-09-22

The 2023 screen strike and the 2024–2025 video-game performers’ strike concern separate contract negotiations. A union’s tentative-agreement announcement, member ratification and implementation should be read as distinct stages. The game case’s 2025 ratification announcement documents the union’s account of approval and the strike’s end; it does not independently establish compliance with consent and compensation requirements in every use of a replicated performance.

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Striking actors and writers in Los Angeles on 17 July 2023. This photograph documents the strike, not the November agreement.View full image ↗

Striking actors and writers in Los Angeles on 17 July 2023. This photograph documents the strike, not the November agreement.

Photograph: Benoît Prieur; Wikimedia Commons; CC0 1.0

Source · Striking actors and writers in LA, July 2023 ↗

Related cases & evidence

These cases provide material for comparison and verification; no single source substantiates every claim in the guide.

CASE-0024

SAG-AFTRA / 2023 screen strike and digital replicas ↗

This case contains three dated events; see the timeline. Original documents, parties’ responses, and subsequent developments are still being collected.

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Striking actors and writers in Los Angeles on 17 July 2023. This photograph documents the strike, not the November agreement.View full image ↗

Striking actors and writers in Los Angeles on 17 July 2023. This photograph documents the strike, not the November agreement.

Photograph: Benoît Prieur; Wikimedia Commons; CC0 1.0

Source · Striking actors and writers in LA, July 2023 ↗
Read the case, chronology & documents ↗
CASE-0006

SAG-AFTRA / Video-game performers’ labour dispute ↗

Collected events and documents are linked in the timeline; the case history remains under research.

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SAG-AFTRA video game performers’ strike graphic, July 2024, preserved in contemporaneous coverage by 2x2.media.View full image ↗

SAG-AFTRA video game performers’ strike graphic, July 2024, preserved in contemporaneous coverage by 2x2.media.

SAG-AFTRA; reproduction source: 2x2.media

Source · SAG-AFTRA begins a strike against video game companies ↗
Read the case, chronology & documents ↗

Original sources

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Citation & methodology

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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. From strike to agreement: distinguish announcement, ratification and implementation. https://salondesrefuses.cn/en/topics/creative-labour-ai-rights/guides/bargaining

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Creative labour, consent & AI rights: voice, performance and contracts ↗Digital replicas and synthetic performers: what needs to be distinguished? ↗Public hearings and a voice-rights case: different institutional routes ↗How can consent, compensation and control be researched? ↗Further reading, sources & citation ↗Return to the selected card ↗Explore the full event chronology ↗