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Game developers launch North America's first industry-wide union 'to build worker power irrespective of studio and current job status'

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United Videogame Workers was announced today as a local of the Communications Workers of America.
Videogame workers throughout North America have launched a new union as part of the Communications Workers of America called „United Videogame Workers—CWA“, a „direct-join organization“ that enables „artists, writers, designers, QA testers, programmers, freelancers and beyond to build worker power irrespective of studio and current job status.“
UVW-CWA said in its announcement that the union’s mission is „to not only build community and solidarity amongst videogame workers, but also to build large-scale education campaigns about labor organizing in the videogame industry.“ Its initial focus will be on layoffs: The union said one in 10 game developers were laid off in 2024, which came on top of a comparably catastrophic 2023.

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