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.
