Video Game Strike Solidarity at the 2024 NYC Labor Day Parade

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A large group of SAG-AFTRA members are gathered on a street. They are wearing black T-shirts with white and yellow text that reads “SAG-AFTRA on Strike.” They hold signs that read “SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike” in white and yellow text on a black and purple background with the image of a fist holding a video game controller. The people at the front of the group hold a SAG-AFTRA parade banner with black text on a yellow background.

On Saturday, Sept. 7, SAG-AFTRA New York Local members took to Fifth Avenue for the annual New York City Central Labor Council Labor Day Parade and March, the oldest celebration of labor in the country. The theme of this year’s parade was “All Workers, Many Voices, One Fight” and SAG-AFTRA members came out in large numbers to support striking video game performers. With video game strike signs in hand, members brought attention to the fight for consent and fair compensation for workers who bring video game characters to life.

Ahead of the parade, SAG-AFTRA representatives attended the annual Labor Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and participated in the traditional procession of union flags.

Top photo: SAG-AFTRA members assemble on East 44th Street ahead of the 2024 New York City Labor Day Parade and March. Photo by Derek French | Shutterstock for SAG-AFTRA.

Five people stand in front of large carved brown cathedral doors on either side of a yellow flag with the SAG-AFTRA logo in black text. Beneath the logo reads Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Below that in white text on a black background reads sagaftra.org.
A large group of people stand on 5th Avenue in New York City. There is a row of American flags hanging from the building behind them. They hold SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike picket signs with white and yellow text on a black and purple background. The people at the front of the group hold a SAG-AFTRA parade banner with black text on a yellow background.
A large group of people stand behind the SAG-AFTRA parade banner with black text on a yellow background. One person holds a large umbrella with rainbow-toned panels. Another holds a white umbrella with a black SAG-AFTRA logo. Others hold SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike picket signs with white and yellow text on a black and purple background.
A group of people stand behind the SAG-AFTRA parade banner with black text on a yellow background.
A group of members wearing SAG-AFTRA Video Game strike T-shirts and holding SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike picket signs with white and yellow text on a black and purple background stand together in a street. The people at the front center of the group hold a SAG-AFTRA parade banner with black text on a yellow background.
Three people are wearing black SAG-AFTRA On Strike T-shirts and hold SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike picket signs with white and yellow text on a black and purple background.
Two women stand in front of a SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike picket sign with white and yellow text on a black and purple background.
A group of people move along a street holding SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike picket signs with white and yellow text on a black and purple background.

SAG-AFTRA member Dave Bachman, New York Local Board member Marc Baron, New York Local President Ezra Knight, Executive Vice President and New York Local Vice President Linda Powell, and Chief Labor Policy Officer & New York Local Executive Director Rebecca Damon assemble outside Saint Patrick’s Cathedral ahead of the Labor Mass.

SAG-AFTRA members make their way up 5th Avenue at the 2024 New York City Labor Day Parade.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer joins the SAG-AFTRA contingent and poses for a photo with members and New York Local leadership, including New York Local Board member Christine Bruno, New York Local President Ezra Knight, New York Local Board members Ray DeForest/Doris Dear and Jack Mulcahy, Executive Vice President and New York Local Vice President Linda Powell, Chief Labor Policy Officer & New York Local Executive Director Rebecca Damon, and New York Local Board member Marc Baron. Photo by Derek French | Shutterstock for SAG-AFTRA.

SAG-AFTRA New York Local President Ezra Knight, New York Local Board member Ray DeForest/Doris Dear, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, Executive Vice President and New York Local Vice President Linda Powell, New York Local Board member Jack Mulcahy, and Chief Labor Policy Officer & New York Local Executive Director Rebecca Damon. Photo by Derek French | Shutterstock for SAG-AFTRA.

SAG-AFTRA member volunteers help set up the check-in area and get members assembled ahead of stepping off at the New York City Labor Day Parade.

SAG-AFTRA members assemble ahead of the 2024 New York City Labor Day Parade and March. Photo by Derek French | Shutterstock for SAG-AFTRA.

SAG-AFTRA New York Local Board members Sandra Karas and Christine Bruno. Photo by Derek French | Shutterstock for SAG-AFTRA.

The SAG-AFTRA contingent on 5th Avenue at the 2024 New York City Labor Day Parade and March. Photo by Derek French | Shutterstock for SAG-AFTRA.

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