The industry-wide union for video game workers in the US and Canada: United Videogame Workers-CWA (UVW-CWA) has a mission to bring together "artists, writers, designers, QA testers, programmers, freelancers and beyond to build worker power irrespective of studio and current job status."
https://www.aol.com/one-10-video-game-developers-170000293.html?
Video game layoffs in 2024 included #Microsoft (which acquired #Activision Blizzard in 2023), #SonyInteractive #PlayStation, #RiotGames, Take-Two Interactive, EA, #EpicGames, #Ubisoft
Video game workers in North America now have an industry-wide union
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/video-game-workers-in-north-america-now-have-an-industry-wide-union-130024730.html
#ycombinator #news #GDC #labor #cwa #union #tomorrow #unions
“Communications Workers of America (CWA)—the union that represents over 2,000 workers across companies like Microsoft, Activision, Bethesda, and Zenimax—is announcing a new industry-wide union called United Videogame Workers-CWA. Unlike unions that have been studio- or discipline-specific, this one is open to *all* video game workers in the United States and Canada, regardless of employment status.” https://aftermath.site/uvw-cwa-video-game-union-microsoft-trump-musk
United Videogame Workers Union Launches in Partnership With Communication Workers of America
#Variety #News #CommunicationWorkersofAmerica #CWA #UnitedVideogameWorkers
https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/united-video-game-workers-union-launches-cwa-1236341871/
As #GameDev.s worldwide fight back against worsening working conditions, expect more #UnionBusting (and in Germany Works Council-Busting).
But you are not helpless against it! The #CWA has collected many union-busting strategies and talking points. A highly recommended read if you plan to #unionize.
By the author of Red State Revolt: The Teachers Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics. (chronicle of 2017-18 uprising in public education in Oklahoma, West Virginia, Arizona, and other states.)
https://beyondchron.org/we-are-the-union-sf-native-touts-worker-to-worker-organizing-as-key-to-labor-revival/
Campaign to Organize Digital Employees–Communications Workers of America (CODE-CWA).
https://jacobin.com/2025/01/video-game-workers-unions-layoffs
AAA Video Game Industry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAA_(video_game_industry)
Quality Assurance - Game Testing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_testing
#labormovement #organize #solidarity
#techworkers #gameworkers #unions #CWA
Woohoo, contract win for my #CWA siblings striking in Vail for better contract conditions. Together, we can win!
https://cwa-union.org/news/cwa-ski-patrollers-win-contract-end-strike-park-city-mountain?link_id
We want to again thank everyone for their support, especially across #NYGuild, #NewsGuild, CODE-CWA, CWA District 1, the New York City Central Labor Council, New York State AFL-CIO. It’s all one fight!
We hope that this contract sets a precedent for tech workers across the country – because every tech worker deserves guaranteed raises, just cause, flexible hybrid schedules, compensation for on-call work, and protections for those on work visas…
WE VOTED YES! (THREAD)
We are thrilled to share that our members have voted to ratify our new three-year collective bargaining agreement with #NYTimes…
Bianca Kastl @bkastl
vergleicht die elektronische Patientenakte #ePA mit der Corona Warn App #CWA.
"Digitalisierung für alle? Das gespaltene Verhältnis zum #Datenschutz"
Nehmt Euch eine Viertelstunde Zeit.
Lohnt sich.
@w4ts0n @EinTim
Schade, dass auch das Derivat (#Fork) der #OpenSource #Corona Warn #App (#CWA) ruht & archiviert ist: https://codeberg.org/corona-contact-tracing-germany/cwa-android
Es entstand neben der offiziellen App als Fork ohne proprietäre Abhängigkeiten zu Googles Exposure Notification Framework - im Gegensatz zur offiziellen CWA. (Sie verwendet die Drop-in kompatible microg Implementierung als Alternative.)
Warum nicht aus den Erfahrungen der #Pandemie lernen & damit einen #DigitalenImpfausweis umsetzen?
(M)ein Anwendungsfall:
Habe gegenwärtig Mühe, alle analogen (oft unleserlichen) Einträge im Papierausweis zwecks Wiederholung wichtiger Basisimpfungen rauszufiltern.
Ein digitaler #Impfausweis als App mit Import aller digitalen #Impfzertifikate für jede Impfung & rechtzeitiger Erinnerung bei Ablauf wäre doch zeitgemäßer, oder? Man kann bei jeder Impfung beides ausgeben: Einen analogen Sticker mit Unterzeichnung und ein digitales Zertifikat - alles dezentral & in eigener Hand.
GameDeveloper.com reports: 461 employees at #ZeniMax Online Studios have #unionize.d
Congratulations, comrades and to everyone who at #CWA who helped to make it happen.
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/461-employees-at-zenimax-online-studios-have-unionized
We are setting a precedent for tech workers across the country. Every tech worker deserves a union – now more than ever.
We fought hard for this contract because we love our jobs. And now, thanks to our members and support from our siblings at #NYGuild, #NewsGuild, CODE-CWA, CWA District 1, the New York City Central Labor Council, New York State AFL-CIO and all of YOU, we have a historic deal.
WE HAVE A DEAL
We are thrilled to announce we have reached a tentative three-year agreement with #NYTimes, pending ratification by our members. There’s so much to share but here are just a few highlights of the deal:
WE HAVE A DEAL: We have reached a tentative agreement with the #NYTimes for our members. Read more here...