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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 1d

Since we last shared an update on bargaining, we’ve received additional information about management salaries at Rewire.

The TLDR: The pay discrepancy between management and union members is deeply unsettling.

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Leftist Gamer Memes @leftistgamermemes.bsky.social · 2d

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 4d

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4d

happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you

Work really hard and one day this can be you (followed by graffiti of a headstone that says “RIP worked really hard” on it

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Axel حسن Taiari @shevek.bsky.social · 7d

The workers at ZA/UM Studio have unionized.

First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.

www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...

Workers at ZA/UM Announce Landmark Recognition Agreement - IWGB Game Workers

Video game developers at ZA/UM Studio, represented by the IWGB (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) have today announced their formation of a union at their workplace. After a negotiation proc...

www.gameworkers.co.uk

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 7d

🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌

Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social

Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 7d

The ZA/UM Workers' Alliance - a new union set up to represent a subset of UK-based employees at the company - discusses how it wants to help staff feel safe and comfortable in their jobs

www.gamesindustry.biz/after-layoff...

After layoffs, cancellations, and controversy, ZA/UM UK staff unionise as the Workers' Alliance

"We like being here. We want to continue being here. So let's try and get a seat at the table in the big management meetings."

www.gamesindustry.biz

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 13d

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Shayna Moon (scary) @themoonis.gay · 14d

Come see the talk that the big mainstream games convention literally does not want you to see!

United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 14d

UVW-CWA will be at the Queerness and Games Conference this weekend! ✊🌈

This Saturday, our worker-organizers will be running the workshop "Queer Organizing 101: Building Skills to Make Change as Marginalized Game Workers."

We hope to see you there! #QGCon

Flyer that reads: "Queer Organizing 101: Building Skills to Make Change as Marginalized Game Workers" with QGCon and UVW-CWA logos at the bottom.

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Draculanna 🧛🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 13d

Game studios with mandatory RTO:

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Aug 8

All my friends should be made to live walking distance from me. I don't care if this massively upends their lives

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 14d

UVW-CWA will be at the Queerness and Games Conference this weekend! ✊🌈

This Saturday, our worker-organizers will be running the workshop "Queer Organizing 101: Building Skills to Make Change as Marginalized Game Workers."

We hope to see you there! #QGCon

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 19d

Find our members both Saturday and Sunday in arcade section as well, where you'll be able to chat with us and grab our very cool zines & pins 😎

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 19d

QGCon is coming in just over a week! Come to our talk GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU on Saturday 26th at 2pm in the auditorium to learn about why you (gay) should unionize, now! bsky.app/profile/qgco...

The QGCon Collective @qgcon.bsky.social · Aug 29

Please have a look at our schedule for #QGcon including our streaming sessions, which will be on our discord!

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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 16d

Former ProbablyMonsters workers raise alarm about mismanagement at studio

Developers say they faced unrealistic expectations, alleged surveillance, and broken promises of a 'developer-first' company culture.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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vlada yaga 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 17d

In all and complete honesty, GDC has not been for *developers* for a long time, and especially not for *workers*.

We need a Game Workers Conference. Unironically.

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Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 20d

A great conversation happening now between union organizers from United Video Game Workers - CWA.

Learn more about their work here: uvw-cwa.org

#gamedev #GDoCExpo2025

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 22d

ever since microsoft's layoffs in early july, the two zenimax unions have been fighting for impacted employees following the cancellation of the elder scrolls online studio's unannounced mmo. they've won laid-off workers more time (aka more pay), better severance, recall rights, and saved some jobs

"We were able to extend out [laid-off workers] impacted period, because their timers didn't even start until we signed the memorandum of understanding [about the layoffs],” Alyssa Gobelle, senior motion graphics artist and Zenimax Online Studios union bargaining committee member, told Aftermath. “Even their 60 days of continued employment and pending termination notices didn't happen until that ink was signed. So instead of starting July 2, that started mid-August, so that essentially bought them a lot more weeks of pay and healthcare security while we figured this out. That's sort of a soft win in a way, because obviously [it's] not in the contract, but it was an impact of us being able to bargain. We were able to buy them more time."

As a result, ZOS union members who lost their jobs in July technically remain employed until October. The ZOS union also squeezed an additional four weeks minimum severance out of Microsoft, bringing the total up to eight weeks across the board. On top of all that, the union also secured 18 months of recall rights for everyone on the canceled Zenimax MMO that lost their jobs, meaning that if there’s a relevant job opening at Zenimax Online Studios, there’s now a chance that workers who’ve been let go will get their old jobs back – as opposed to the company throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 24d

isometric old simcity pc game with advisor note pop up saying: Money big corporations use to buy political influence is value entirely created by those workers. Companies take the widest gap possible between underpaying workers, overcharging customers, that's "value" to them. Workers lose their wages to rent as more homes are turned into rentals in their boss's investments. They cannot build wealth to escape, instead building their boss's wealth used to keep them trapped.

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GamedevPerkUp 🌤️ @gamedevperkup.bsky.social · 26d

We are so excited to announce that Video Game Workers Unite is joining us today for Gamedev PerkUp!! If you want to learn about them and/or join the Game Workers Union, go over & chat, support, & get some merch ! ❤️📣

@videogameworkers.bsky.social

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Shayna Moon (scary) @themoonis.gay · 27d

At-will employment is to blame for this, our employment shouldn't be so fragile that one coordinated email campaign can end it.

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Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers.bsky.social · Sep 8

Modified "grindset" meme of Leonardo DiCaprio from The Wolf of Wall Street. Friends: I don't see you at the club. Me: I never see you at the karaoke nights after work. You should come. It's chill, and some of us talk about what could make our jobs a little better. Maybe bring someone from your..."

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 29d

Hello!
The $15 minimum is for folks who are currently unemployed, freelancers, and the like. Dues are indeed collected monthly, so if you make $100k, you would be paying $83 a month (or $15/month minimum).

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · Aug 27

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white text on red and black background: It is not pencil-pushers and moneylenders who make games. It is the relentless passion of the workers that creates an art form capable of saying something true. (Summer Eternal Manifesto)

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Shayna Moon (scary) @themoonis.gay · Sep 9

it's time uvw-cwa.org

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Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · Feb 16

Been thinking about this moment from a Bug's Life lately.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · Sep 9

Unfortunately, it really isn't that surprising: these robber barons are going to lay off workers in the places with the highest costs of living (and thus labor), highest healthcare costs, and scant labor laws. That describes North America perfectly.

It's past time we fight back.

Speaking to The Game Business, Satvat said that "over 70%, and in some years 75%, of the layoffs have been in North America".

He noted that while "overall employment in the industry has actually increased" since before the pandemic, developers working in the US have been facing noticeable cuts in their workforce – particularly in AAA studios.

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