@videogameworkers.bsky.social
We are United Videogame Workers, an industry-wide union working to build a game industry that works for us. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾 Affiliated with CWA and CODE-CWA. JOIN US: https://uvw-cwa.org/membership
Hell yeah, love UVW-CWA
And we're just getting started.💅
Something I have noticed while talking with people at GDC:
A lot of people are worried about the state of the industry and its conditions, but a lot of them will not move.
We are running out of time. We ARE out of time. Is this what scares you?
The enclosure of Yerba Buena Gardens didn’t stop us from leading a march to discuss our Game Workers’ Bill of Rights earlier this week — our way to fight for standardization across video game studios and employers that empower workers instead of breaking them down.
If you're ready to defend immigrant game devs at your studio, we want to mobilize with you together. Sign our pledge and we'll reach out.
"4th Amendment Workplaces" ensure that workers don't have to live in fear over their immigration status by holding companies and employers accountable to prohibiting illegal searches without a judicial warrant.
With our collective power, we can demand and implement this one workplace at a time.
Every day there are new reports of ICE detaining and targeting our communities. Video game devs and the workers who keep our workplaces running are not safe from this.
That’s why we’ve launched WE DON'T PLAY WITH ICE, a campaign demanding companies commit to becoming 4th Amendment Workplaces.
I was handing out UVW flyers earlier and a CEO told me AI was going to take my job. I should have told him yours first.
Come stop by our booth to get buttons, ribbons, zines, and anti-spiking drink-cover stickers! You can also talk to an organizer about what unionizing might be able to do for you and our industry!
Come visit us on the GDC show floor at booth 1649 - just down from the Discord booth! We’ve got swag and answers to all your questions about organizing and unionizing!
Our basis comes from our year-long campaign to compile a Game Developer’s Bill of Rights, where we have spoken with hundreds of developers to ask what they believe we should be entitled to, and residuals is a common thing that comes up. It’s not happening enough and we’re working to change that 💪
While revshare does exist on some titles and perhaps some used within this sample, this is often on smaller projects from indie studios and co-ops. The vast majority of games do not provide any residuals to the developers who make them, and even shipping bonuses have become increasingly rare
The developers who made these games see zero residuals for their labor btw. That money is not going to the devs.
Union strong!!! 💪♥️ @videogameworkers.bsky.social
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That’s my union ✊🏼🖤
@videogameworkers.bsky.social ❤️
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov 👋
Unions band together to launch new game industry conference 'by workers, for workers'
Do you work in games? Are you tired of corporate greed taking over our industry? Do you miss when industry events were by workers, for workers?
The United Videogame Workers of CWA, in partnership with other unions and worker-centered organizations, announce the #GameWorkersConference. May 22-23 ❤️🔥
remember when we marched to the yerba buena gardens last year to rally for video game worker power ??? look what they did now:
Come join us for a panel with @videogameworkers.bsky.social in Rm 2011 to get updates on how we've been organizing the tech and video game industries!
Video games make companies billions in profit yet we are still getting laid off at alarming rates. If this is a reality you know all too well and want to fight against, come find us at GDC!!
Come stop by our booth to get buttons, ribbons, zines, and anti-spiking drink-cover stickers! You can also talk to an organizer about what unionizing might be able to do for you and our industry!
Come visit us on the GDC show floor at booth 1649 - just down from the Discord booth! We’ve got swag and answers to all your questions about organizing and unionizing!
we out here
UVW-CWA members are forming unions at their own studios to make better games and to build a better industry.
Solidarity to the Heart Machine devs - if you’re interested in organizing, this is your sign! Reach out to us either in our DMs or at GDC this week 💪
Need a sick bright red union jacket so badddddd
(If you’re at GDC and interested in UVW, CWA, or organizing in general, and want to know more, feel free to pull me aside - or we can chat on Signal if you prefer!)
I'll be at GDC on a panel with a bunch of amazing worker organizers talking about how union campaigns are changing the industry for the better. If you'd like to learn more about workplace organizing come check out the talk on Wed. March 11 from 3:40-4:40pm!
schedule.gdconf.com/session/figh...
Happy International Women's Day!
Today, and everyday, we celebrate the contributions women have made to the labor movement across the globe ✊
