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

Video game workers all over North America have launched a new union as part of US Communications Workers, called the “United Video Game Workers-CWA,” a “direct Javeen Organization”, “artists, writers, designers, QA testers, programmers, and programmers.

The UVW-CWA has stated in its announcement that the union’s mission is “not only for the construction of community and solidarity among video game workers, but also to build large-scale educational campaigns about labor management in the video game industry.” Its initial focus will be on. The Union said that in 2024, one out of 10 sports developers were discharged, which came up to a relatively destructive 2023.

The UVW-CWA said in a publication released with the Union’s announcement, “After the acquisition of large-scale rid of corporate greed, the closure of the studio, and the acquisition of the land that is shaking in our workplaces, we all fall on the job instability.” “Meanwhile, the AI ​​has threatened to reduce its abilities and eliminate our hard work, and the executives run to replace the tools that have been exploited by us. We are roaming for stability, we do not work more in the crisis, and never act with them.”

The announcement of the union is time to be in accordance with the 2025 game developers conference, which is currently underway. The UVW-CWA has a GDC panel titled Video Game Labor at a crossroads: Industry will also be distributing a request to gain new ways for broader organizing, and to seek support for unity efforts.

The CWA has previously helped organize unions in individual game studios, including Raven Software, Activation, and Bethesda, but the new UVW-CWA union is open to all developers of all stripes, regardless of where they work (as long as it is in Canada or the United States or in the United States.