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Organization de travailleu·ses·rs de l'industrie du jeu vidéo à Montréal. Building community and organizing workers. https://gwumtl.com/ Mastodon: @[email protected]

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · Jan 10

Veux-tu bâtir une meilleure industrie du jeu vidéo & apprendre plus sur notre pouvoir collectif en tant que travailleu·se·rs? Rejoins nous! / Do you want to build a better game industry & learn more about our collective power as workers? Join the movement! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Demande d'adhésion pour G.W.U Montréal // G.W.U. Montréal Membership Application

Ceci est un formulaire de demande d'adhésion pour Game Workers Unite Montréal, une organisation de travailleu·se·rs démocratique vouée à promouvoir les droits des travailleu·se·rs et la syndicalisatio...

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 20d

Retrouvez aussi des membres du CTIJ-GWU Montréal dans l'arcade samedi et dimanche, pour jaser et vous procurer nos zines et nos pins! 😎

CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 20d

On recommande également de participer à l'atelier "Queer Organizing 101" par @videogameworkers.bsky.social juste après, à 16h. C'est l'occasion idéale de mettre en pratique ce dont on aura parlé!

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 20d

La conférence QGCon arrive! Venez voir notre présentation (en anglais) GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU samedi 26 à 14h dans l'auditorium pour apprendre pourquoi les travailleureuses queer doivent se lancer dans l'aventure syndicale dès maintenant! 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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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 20d

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 · 20d

We highly recommend attending the Queer Organizing 101 workshop by @videogameworkers.bsky.social that same afternoon at 4pm, an excellent hands-on followup to the topics we'll be discussing!

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 20d

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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CODE-CWA @codecwa.bsky.social · Aug 28

BREAKING: Over 450 game developers behind hit video-game series Diablo have joined CWA, joining the historic fight for a better video game industry.

Hail to you, union champions 💪

Hundreds of Diablo Game Developers Join Communications Workers of America

Today, over 450 game developers behind the popular video game series Diablo have voted strongly in favor of union representation with CWA.

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · Aug 18

Attending the 2025 Queerness and Games Conference? Join GWU Montréal members September 26-28 at our booth in the arcade and come along for our talk:
GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU 🫵
www.qgcon.org/2025/

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · Aug 18

Tu participes à la conférence Queerness and Games? Retrouve les membres du CTIJ-GWU Montréal les 26-28 Septembre à l'arcade et viens assister à notre présentation (en anglais):
GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU 🫵
www.qgcon.org/2025/

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · Aug 16

Help create the future of the games industry! On 8/20, workers will be coming together to draft a Game Workers' Bill of Rights. All game workers are welcome — union members or not. Sign up here: uvw-cwa.org/townhall-reg...

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Shannon Liao @shannonliao.bsky.social · Aug 12

NEW: 180 Blizzard workers just unionized today.

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Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo @stjv.fr · Aug 11

🇵🇸 Arkane Studios’ STJV section joins @bdsmovement.bsky.social and No Azure for Apartheid in asking Microsoft to terminate all contrats with the Israeli Occupation Forces that facilitate their genocidal policies.

www.stjv.fr/en/2025/...

Open letter from the Arkan Studios union section to Microsoft’s and its subsidiaries’ management – STJV

Introduction This letter is addressed to our direction at Arkane Studios, as well as the entities above, being the heads of Zenimax, Microsoft Gaming and the ov

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Shannon Liao @shannonliao.bsky.social · Aug 4

NEW: Call of Duty workers just voted to ratify their first union contract with Microsoft, marking the end of nearly 3 years of negotiations. The two bargaining members speak to me about everything that went into it, and where they go from here. shannonliao.substack.com/p/3-years-la...

3 years later... they won

Call of Duty Workers Win 3-Year Battle For Microsoft Union Contract, Worker Goes On The Record For The First Time

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IGN Union @ignunion.bsky.social · Jul 18

An update: management has chosen not to recognize our Product, Engineering, and Humble Bundle colleagues as part of IGNCG, instead insisting on a time-consuming NLRB hearing, which took place last week.

Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.

IGN Union @ignunion.bsky.social · May 29

It’s been-

One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild.

The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · Jul 14

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ZeniMax Union Responds to Microsoft Canceling Unannounced MMO: 'A Future Has Been Stolen From Us' - IGN

Following a wave of mass layoffs that impacted an estimated 9,100 employees at Microsoft, many of whom were in its Xbox gaming division, the union of employees at Xbox subsidiary ZeniMax have responde...

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Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · Jul 7

Xbox laid off 9000 people last week, including DevQA from Bethesda Games Studios. Many more were cut from Zenimax QA proper.

At Zenimax Online Studios many are now without a project & in "decisional bargaining" to see what happens next.

We’re here to share our grief & support for our friends 🤍

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Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo @stjv.fr · Jun 26

🇬🇧 Don’t Nod Montréal: we have been informed of the lay-offs of 9 colleagues and the "temporary suspension" of 7 others in order to "reduce costs across the group". We support the colleagues affected. The STJV strongly condemns Oskar Guilbert’s catastrophic management of the company.

Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo @stjv.fr · Jun 26

Don’t Nod Montréal : nous apprenons le licenciement de 9 collègues et la "suspension temporaire" de 7 emplois dans un but de "réduction des coûts à l’échelle du groupe". Soutien aux collègues affecté·es. Le STJV condamne fermement la gestion catastrophique de l’entreprise par Oskar Guilbert.

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Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo @stjv.fr · Jun 26

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · Jun 25

FRIDAY, JUNE 27th at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT
UVW-CWA invites all workers in the the videogame industry to talk about the change we need today!

Join us to celebrate labor victories and chart the future of our movement! RSVP below, and reply with what YOU'D like to see on the GAME WORKERS' BILL OF RIGHTS!

Change for Games: WE are the games industry!

As thousands convene for the Games for Change conference in NYC, UVW-CWA invites all workers in the the videogame industry to talk about the change we need today as workers, and what we win when we or...

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · Jun 22

If you're seeing the news from Québec and feeling FOMO, don't hesitate to get in touch with GWU Montréal at gwumtl.com, and our québec-wide campaign with CSN at sesyndiquer.org/jeux-video/e... The more the merrier!

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · Jun 22

This makes them the first of Ubisoft's many studios in North America to publicly move towards unionization (and we're sure more will follow!), joining workers from studios in France and Spain.

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · Jun 22

Earlier this week, the workers of Ubisoft Halifax filed to unionize! Read their letter in which they explain why now is the time to get together as coworkers, and give them all your support for the upcoming vote at the Nova Scotia labour board! cwacanada.ca/2025/06/18/g...

Game workers at Ubisoft Halifax file to unionize with CWA Canada

HALIFAX (June 18, 2025) – Workers at video game company Ubisoft in Halifax have filed to unionize with media union CWA Canada. The union filed with the Nova Scotia Labour Board today after a m…

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · Jun 22

Si vous lisez ces nouvelles du Québec et que ça vous donne envie de participer, contactez le CTIJ-GWU Montréal gwumtl.com, et notre campagne nationale en collaboration avec la CSN sesyndiquer.org/jeux-video ✊ L'union fait la force!

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · Jun 22

C'est le premier studio d'Ubisoft en Amérique du Nord qui se lance publiquement dans l'aventure syndicale (mais certainement pas le dernier!), dans le sillage de leurs collègues des studios Français et Espagnol!

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · Jun 22

Cette semaine, les travailleu·se·rs d'Ubisoft à Halifax ont déposé leur application pour se syndiquer! Lisez leurs motivations pour s'organiser entre collègues, et apportez-leur votre soutien pour le vote à venir au tribunal du travail de Nouvelle Écosse! cwacanada.ca/2025/06/18/g...

Game workers at Ubisoft Halifax file to unionize with CWA Canada

HALIFAX (June 18, 2025) – Workers at video game company Ubisoft in Halifax have filed to unionize with media union CWA Canada. The union filed with the Nova Scotia Labour Board today after a m…

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