@gameworkersni.bsky.social
Representing the Northern Ireland regional group of IWGB Game Workers Union Join our union here: http://iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game-worker
On July 26th at 1pm we'll be hosting our Guildford social - join us in Stoke Park for a picnic with board and outdoor games! You can sign up to the event and find more details here: lu.ma/zyfykf82
Non-members are welcome, as are folks from outside Guildford!
A bar chart titled Number of workers striking by year. The Screen Actors Guild was formed in 1933 amid lots of strikes before it and even more after it formed. Game Workers Started Organizing in 2017 where previously there were relatively few strikes for decades prior.
A graph of Union Membership in the United States from 1960-2020. It goes from 30% in 1960 to 10% in 2020.
Bar chart of Percent of Union Election Campaigns with an Illegal Firing. It's 5% in 1951 to 26% in 2007.
A bar chart with the title Is Ronald Regan to Blame? No has zero. Yes has 100.
Someone asked me why game workers haven't unionized if our conditions are so bad. These charts are why.
We have collectively lost the knowledge, skill, and willingness to organize and strike. We have to rebuild those, and that takes time.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
We're pleased to reveal the lineup poster for Games Transformed 2025!
We’ll be joined by Meg Jayanth, Chris Bratt, Gareth Damian Martin, Clapton CFC, Innuendo Studios & many more!
Join us on Saturday 12 July for Games Transformed 2025.
TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...
A collage of photos of members from the IWGB Game Workers AGM 2025
Last week at our AGM members from across the UK elected our new committee and passed several motions that will shape our union. We were also delighted to host a guest speaker from @stjv.fr! Thanks to everyone for coming, your engagement strengthens our collective voice.
19.06.2025 18:49 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0This was always the inevitable endpoint: Workers bear the brunt of the executives' failures
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MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy has reportedly started mass layoff proceedings, with 100 or more staff potentially affected.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mindsey...
IWGB Game Workers @ Develop Brighton poster
Attending @developconference.com in July? Make sure you drop by our stall at Develop! We will be there for the whole event (8th-10th July) at booth B40, near the Indie Showcase.
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Register for the in-person Belfast event here: lu.ma/13g967r4 (5/6)
03.06.2025 19:25 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Come join the Belfast crew next week! :D
08.06.2025 16:46 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you care about video game workers and want to follow all the game worker unions across the world, we've created a starter pack with all the ones on BlueSky.
If we've missed one, let us know!
go.bsky.app/PNcLPFU
If you didn't know, the unionization effort in the games industry is very much an international effort.
Over at @gameworkersolidarity.com, we track everything we can find, and I'm sure we're missing a lot, too! www.gameworkersolidarity.com
We want to share our sympathies with the transgender community in response to today's supreme court ruling.
Trans people are an integral part of the game development community and we remain committed to ensuring that they receive the support they deserve.
TONIGHT! Come on down and join us @7pm in UU
08.04.2025 09:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0One week until RESET/REFORM! Sign up today :D
01.04.2025 13:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sign up today! Tickets are free :D!
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The last few years in the global games industry have been turbulent and our local industry has also felt these effects.
Join moderators from NIGD and union organisers from the IWGB on Tuesday 8th April to hear and discuss what we can do to improve our industry for the future.
lu.ma/0f7xzfhj
IWGB Game Workers Northern Ireland @gameworkersni.bsky.social
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Okay I am gonna make a more concerted effort to post on here now lol
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Photograph of members of the IWGB Gameworkers Northern Ireland. Members are all dressed in a variety of halloween costumes. The text at the bottom reads "Happy Halloween from Game Workers NI"
Thanks to everyone who came to our first major social event in October! We had a huge turn out and managed to raise £200 for the Welcome Organisation here in Belfast. We hope you had a great night and hope to see you at future events.
#halloween #unions #workersunite #workers #belfast #puguglys
Are you in Northern Ireland games industry and like the idea of a game workers union? Then join your local game workers branch, silly!
Read more about the IWGB Game Workers Union below and today :)
www.gameworkers.co.uk
