A brand new union supporting staff within the North American online game {industry} has launched. Named “United Videogame Employees – CWA” the brand new group, a part of the Communication Employees of America, is a “direct-join group” that helps staff in all areas of the {industry}. That features designers, QA testers, artists, writers, and even freelancers.
As said on the union’s web site, its mission “is to take again [the] lives, [the] labor, and [the] ardour from those that deal with like replaceable cogs; to empower staff; to hyperlink arms with the laid off, with the freelancer, with the disillusioned contractor, with the disenfranchised and the marginalized, with the employees laboring invisibly to maintain [the] {industry} afloat”. The final word objective is to create a union “to struggle the whims of CEOs and personal fairness vultures”.
Among the many many objectives talked about on the location is drafting a online game employee invoice of rights to set requirements. It would deal with hiring inequality, crunch, and different points.
These wanting to search out out extra in regards to the union can discover the main points on the official web site. For these attending GDC, representatives of the group will be discovered there at sales space C1701.
At the moment, we’re asserting the formation of United Videogame Employees-CWA, an industry-wide union fashioned by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮 We’re launching at #GDC2025 this morning to construct a online game {industry} that works for us. We’re performed enjoying.
— UVW-CWA (@videogameworkers.bsky.social) March 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
