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Workers at Blizzard's Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble teams vote to unionise with CWA. Around 100 workers voted, including software engineers, designers, artists, quality assurance testers, and producers. They will become members of CWA Local 9510 in Irvine, California. Microsoft recognised the union.

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Workers at EA, organising with UVW-CWA, released a statement criticising the sale of the company to Saudi Arabia. They note that the company has not consulted or negotiated with workers about the sale. As reported, the statement notes:\n"if jobs are lost or studios are closed due to this deal, that would be a choice, not a necessity, made to pad investors' pockets ... EA is not a struggling company ... With annual revenues reaching $7.5 billion and $1 billion in profit each year, EA is one of the largest video game developers and publishers in the world. EA's success has been entirely driven by tens of thousands of EA workers whose creativity, skill, and innovation made EA worth buying in the first place. Yet we, the very people who will be jeopardized as a result of this deal, were not represented at all when this buyout was negotiated or discussed ... We are particularly worried about the future of our studios that are arbitrarily deemed 'less profitable' but whose contributions to the video game industry define EA's reputation ... Every time private equity or billionaire investors take a studio private, workers lose visibility, transparency, and power ... Decisions that shape our jobs, our art, and our futures are made behind closed doors by executives who have never written a line of code, built worlds, or supported live services. We are calling on regulators and elected officials to scrutinize this deal and ensure that any path forward protects jobs, preserves creative freedom, and keeps decision-making accountable to the workers who make EA successful."

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Workers at Blizzard's Platforms and Technology department voted to unionise with CWA. Over 400 workers voted in favour, including designers, engineers, QA testers, localisation teams, and Battle.net. Microsoft recognised the union.

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Workers at Build A Rocket Boy wrote an open letter to the executive leadership protesting their treatment. Around 250-300 workers have been laid off. They blame a lack of transparency and communication, unbearable levels of overtime, and disastrous handling of redundancies, amongst many other issues.

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Workers at ZA/UM, the studio that made Disco Elysium, unionised at ZA/UM Workers Alliance with the IWGB. This follows layoffs of 20 workers (around a quarter of the studio) the previous year. The union represents workers in the UK but also aims to be open for workers in Porto and Tallinn. The recognition agreement provides the starting point for collective bargaining at the studio.

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450 workers at Blizzard's Diablo studio vote to unionise with CWA. Following rounds of layoffs at the studio, the new union includes game developers, artists, designers, engineers, and support staff across the Diablo series. Microsoft recognised the union.

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As one committee member, Kelly Yeo, explained: "With every subsequent round of mass layoffs, I've witnessed the dread in my coworkers grow stronger because it feels like no amount of hard work is enough to protect us, I am overjoyed that we have formed a union—this is just the first step for us joining a movement spreading across an industry that is tired of living in fear. We are ready to begin fighting for real change alongside our Diablo colleagues."

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Ryan Littleton, another committee member, explained: "The day after the third round of mass layoffs, I walked into the office, and when I tried to open the door to the cafeteria, my badge was denied. For a moment, I wondered if getting breakfast was how I'd find out I was part of that round. While luckily it was just a technical issue, none of us should have to live with that constant worry that we might be let go at the drop of a hat. A union allows us to organize across the industry to make great games and protect the developers who create them from the constant pressures of layoffs, passion tax, and crunch."

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Workers at IGN, organising with the IGN Union, started a work to rule campaign. Following layoffs , the action was a response to management's attempt to increase workloads of the remaining staff. The action was scheduled to continue until the 13th of February.

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Workers in Blizzard's Story and Franchise Development team voted in favour of unionising with CWA in a union authorisation vote. They have become members of CWA Local 9510 in Orange County. Microsoft recognised the union. This is the first in-house cinematic, animation, and narrative studio to unionise in North America.

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Workers organising with SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement in the video game contract. The Interactive Media Contract will now be reviewed by the National Board. SAG-AFTRA workers have been on strike since 26th July 2024, and this tentative agreement would not immediately suspend the strike.

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The proposed agreement includes wage increases, minimum salaries, protections against dismissal, a grievance process, and formal recognition of QA workers contributions. There is also a framework for the use of AI.

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“Workers in the video game industry are demonstrating once again that collective power works. This agreement shows what’s possible when workers stand together and refuse to accept the status quo,” said CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. “Whether it’s having a say about the use of AI in the workplace, fighting for significant wage increases and fair crediting policies, or protecting workers from retaliation, our members have raised the bar. We’re proud to support them every step of the way.”

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An open letter, signed by 361 workers, called on Gamescom Latam to support independent games in Brazil. The festival grew out of Brazil's Independent Games Festival, is turning away from supporting independent games, with increased prices to participate.

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Baesu-chan, the vice president of Nexon, said: “The abolition of the comprehensive wage system is the most urgent issue ... Although the comprehensive wage system has been abolished in large game companies, it is applied in a modified form in small and medium-sized enterprises or Nexon subsidiaries such as 'Mint Rocket,' which imposes a heavy burden on workers ... The previous government tried to expand flexible working hours while viewing the gaming industry differently, but in reality, even managing the recording of commuting hours for overtime pay has not been implemented.”

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The IGN Union proposed expanding their existing bargaining unit to include workers in product, engineering, and Humble Bundle. They called on IGN management to voluntarily recognise the addition to the unit

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SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB against Llama studios. The studio makes Fortnite and used a digital replica of James Earl Jones to voice Darth Vader in the game without bargaining with the union.

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In their statement, SAG-AFTRA explained: "Fortnite's signatory company, Llama Productions, chose to replace the work of human performers with A.I. technology ... Unfortunately, they did so without providing any notice of their intent to do this and without bargaining with us over appropriate terms. As such, we have filed an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB against Llama Productions."

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Almost 200 developers working on the Overwatch game have voted to form a union. The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild-CWA was formed with CWA, another union formed under the Microsoft labor neutrality agreement.

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Workers at The Uncommons board game cafe in New York walked out over the refusal of management to negotiate.

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Over a thousand workers took part, out of an estimated 12-15,000 workers in France. Workers at Ubisoft’s Barcelona studio also took part.

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Workers hired at GOG have joined Polish Gamedev Workers Union. GOG (formelly known as Good Old Games) is a digital distribution platform for video games owned by CD Project.

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SAG-AFTRA establishes the Independent Interactive Localization Agreement (IILA), which covers localization of games first made in a non-English language.

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The IILA rate sheet includes rates for: off-camera performers to be paid $1,023.75 per session for up 12 voice prints in a four-hour day, or $512 for 2 voice prints in a one-hour day. The rates are set to increase from 2025.

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Workers at Ubisoft Italy joined a strike started by workers in France over the three-day-a-week return-to-office mandate.

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“It is unthinkable that a young person who lives in another region or in any case far from our territory could spend three days a week in Milan, turning their existence upside down: it is not economically sustainable and unfair on a human level,” said Fiom Cgil representative Andrea Rosafalco.

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SAG-AFTRA called a strike following a year and half negotiations ending without a deal. The union was bargaining over the new Tiered-Budget Independent Interactive Media Agreement, the Interim Interactive Media Agreement or the Interim Interactive Localization Agreement that would have offered agreements offer critical AI protections for members. Workers had previously voted 98.32% in favour of striking over the agreements.

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As Fran Drescher, the SAG-AFTRA president explained, "We’re not going to consent to a contract that allows companies to abuse A.I. to the detriment of our members. Enough is enough. When these companies get serious about offering an agreement our members can live — and work — with, we will be here, ready to negotiate"

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500 developers formed the World of Warcraft Gamemaker's Guild, part of CWA. This wall-to-wall union covers designers, engineers, artists, and producers in California and Massachusetts. It is the second biggest union at Microsoft, following the unionisation of QA workers at Activision Blizzard. The unionisation follows walkouts in 2021.

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Workers at Ubisoft in Barcelona unionised with support from CSVI (Coordinadora Sindical del Videojuego). They are campaigning for fairer wages, decent conditions, a better future and, moreover, a better present.

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A majority of 241 workers at Bethesda Game Studios vote to form a union with CODE CWA. Bethesda is part of Microsoft, which has signed a union neutrality agreement, so the union was immediately recognised.

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This is the first wall-to-wall union at Microsoft, which includes everyone at a location whereas the other unions at microsoft focused on a specific discipline like QA.

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Workers at Bethesda Game Studios Montreal, one of Bethesda's four studios, voted to unionise with CWA as One BGS MTL.

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Workers at TCGplayer organising with CWA held a rally in New York. They have been trying to bargain with eBay (the parent company) but face a union-busting campaign. In response, workers organised a rally targetting Adriane Brown who is on the board of directors at eBay.

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600 QA (Quality Assurance) workers at Activision have unionised with CWA. The workers are based in Austin, Texas, Eden Prairie, Minnessota, and El Segundo, California in the USA.

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This makes "Activision Quality Assurance United - CWA" the largest unionised group of workers so far in the industry. Microsoft (who own Activision) kept to the labor neutrality agreement signed with CWA and granted voluntary recognition of the union.

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Game workers organising with IWGB have publicly criticised plans by Rockstar to end remote working. The previous year, 170 workers at Rockstar Games in the UK signed a petition opposing a mandatory 3-day office working week. Despite promises they would not do so, on the 28th of Februrary Rockstar announced a 5-day office working week with the withdrawal of remote working provisions from 15th of April.

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The IGN Creators Guilds was voluntarily recognised by IGN, starting the process of union negotiations

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Workers at Flying Wild Hog have unionsed with the Polish Gamedev Workers Union. The studio, which is owned by Embracer, mades games like Shadow Warrior and Space Punks.

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The Gameworkers website was launched by four unions that have been organising in the games industry in Denmark. This includes HK Privat, FAF: Creative Professionals, PROSA: Association of IT Professionals in DK, and DM: Danish Association of Masters and PhDs. It provides information about rights at work and a way to join the different unions.

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Workers involved in the creative teams at IGN requested voluntary recognition with the News Guild alongside their colleagues at the Ziff Davis Creators Guild and other online media companies. Management refused their request and workers launched the IGN Creators Guild with a public petition.

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Game Makers of Finland joined the national walk out organised by Akava on the 6th of February. The walk out was a political protest organised against the Finish government's proposed changes to working-life measures, including changes to foreign employees residence permits, reducing sick pay, and making dismissals easier.

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Workers at Spider studio in France went on a one-day strike, demanding that the company negotiate with them. The studio, which makes Greedfall 2, was refusing to discuss long running issues.

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CSVI (Coordinadora Sindical del Videojuego - Videogame Union Coordinator) launched in Spain. The union is part of the CGT (Confederación General del Trabajo - General Confederation of Labor) union federation. In the launch they explain they were created to defend the rights of video game workers. Affiliates of CGT in any part of spain can participate.

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Workers at NHN Corporation formed the sixth game workers union in South Korea. The full name of is the NHN branch of the National Chemical Fiber and Food Industry Workers Union. It is also known as Next.Human, as NHN was previously known as Next Human Network.

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Workers at 11 bit studios unionised with the Polish Gamedev Union, making it the second unionised studio in Poland.

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Workers at IGN Africa stopped publishing news stories and videos for 24 hours in support of the campaign calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. They used the hashtag #StrikeForGaza and extended the media blackout for a further 24 hours

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Two months after the formation of the Polish Gamedev Workers Union, workers have won voluntary recognition at CD Projeckt.

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"We have already started our working meetings," the PGWU wrote, "After this breakthrough, we look forward to establishing a successful partnership with other companies."

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Eight months after the formation of the union, a collective bargaining agreement was signed at NCSoft. The union requested employment stability, horizontal organisational culture, and a transparent evaluation and compensation system.

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Bioware laid of 50 workers in August and cut ties with Keywords Studios. Workers who had recently unionised with UFCW401 at Keywords were then laid off. The former Keywords workers picketed outside of BioWare's offices in Edmonton, Canada.

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Around 100 workers at Avalanche Studios Group have joined Unionen. The studio develops the Just Cause series and has around 500 employees. Workers have raised issues over benefits and proposed moving to a four-day week. The unionisation follows a public dispute between workers and management, in which a public apology was later issued by the company.

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All of the unionised QA workers at Keywords Studios were laid off, following BioWare ending the contract. The 16 workers voted in June 2022 to unionise with UFCW Canada, the first in the country. The union filed an employment standards complaint against the studio, citing that severance had not been paid out to the workers.

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Workers at CD Projeckt S.A. formed the Polish Gamedev Workers Union, part of OZZ Inicjatywa Pracownicza (Polish Trade Union Workers Initiative), a grassroots union. They are aiming to raise concerns about employment conditions and safety, as well as unionise the Polish games industry.

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Workers at Hex & Company, a board game cafe chain in New York, publicly demanded union recognition. They are organising under the name Hex Workers United.

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This is the first strike at any of Ubisoft's locations and was from a joint call of two unions - STJV and Solidaires Informatique. The workers used their time on strike to discuss amongst themselves what their future plans would be.

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Anthony, a game worker in Australia, was supported by Professionals Australia (the union Game Workers Australia is in) in a legal case to be recognised as an employee rather than an independent contractor. He was awarded almost $13,000 in underpayments and $3,000 in unpaid superannuation.

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As Anthony explained: “I was so grateful to be part of a union and have Professionals Australia representing me. Having someone on my side who not only understands the legalities but also cares about my claim was amazing. I hope my case will help other employees feel confident to take action.”

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Workers at the art and games studio Tender Claws voted 100% to form a union with CWA. Management at Tender Claws agreed to sign the voluntary recognition agreement, making it the 4th videogame company in North America to have a recognised union.

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After the strike authorization, the representatives from the Environment and Labor Committee (Noh, Woong-rae from the Democratic Party of Korea) and the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee (Lee, Sang-heon from the Democratic Party of Korea) suggested two-weeks of concentrated bargaining between the labor and management. While the union decided to withhold the strike, the labor and the management agreed on a tentative agreement after four meetings (May 16th, 20th, 24th, and 27th) The agreement was passed in a vote by Webzen union members (May 28-29th). The specific details of the agreement were not exposed to the public.

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Workers organising with Game Workers Alliance won a union vote at Raven Software, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. Following walkouts and a strike, workers filed for the union vote with support from CODE-CWA. They won with 19 votes out of 22, making this the second recognised union in the videogames industry in the USA.

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Gamechuck signed the collective agreement, the first in the Croatian gaming industry. 10 of 16 Gamechuck employees are unionized and in September last week had started work on drafting the collective agreement with the legal team of Novi Sindikat (The New Trade Union) union. The collective agreement was finished early this year, with negotiations taking place some two months before signing the document.

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As the workers explained: "In the collective agreement, we formalized many of our current internal practices such as a shorter work-day, higher number of paid vacation days and business transparency. With collective agreement in place and guaranteed legal representation, we feel more secure that our internal practices will be respected in times of hardship. We also have a document that we can present as a template to other workers in the industry, to motivate them to ask a similar action from their employer too."

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Workers at Keywords Studios, which works with Bioware, filed an application with the Alberta Labor Relations Board to unionise.\nAs the notice states: “United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union, Local No. 401 applied under the Labor Relations Code to become the certified bargaining agent for a unit of employees of Keywords Studios B.C., Inc. compromising All employees employed in development support at the BioWare office in Edmonton,”

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Blizzard Activision announced that 1,100 QA game testers will be given full-time employee contracts. They will receive higher wages, with a new minimum of US$20 per hour, as well as benefits. This follows the organising of QA testers at the subsidiary studio Raven Software. Blizzard Activision announced they would not be applying these changes to workers there due to ongoing legal obligations under the National Labor Relations Act.

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The union launched a strike authorization vote after Webzen proposed a 10% increase on average for salary in 2022. After failing to agree with the wage bargaining in December 2021, the union rejected the firm's proposal and demanded 10 million won (about 8,200 USD) salary increase for all employees. The union argued that the firm's proposal focusing on the "average" would only benefit some employees. The vote turnout was 92.78%, and it was passed by two-thirds of the majority. This is the first case in the Korean game industry that started the strike process. The union planned to strike on May 2nd, 2022.

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Kotaku workers, alongside workers from Gizmodo, Jezebel, Lifehacker, Jalopnik and The Root are on strike. They're asking for better pay, more flexible remote work, better family leave, and increased benefits for trans and gender-expansive workers.

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STJV workers from Plug In Digital created a union section, a public legal body giving workers representation and communication power at the company.

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34 quality assurance Raven Software workers form a new union and ask management for recognition. This is following a strike from workers at Raven Software and Activision Blizzard, the parent company, when management laid off 12 workers.

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A class action lawsuit was filed against Riot Games over gender discrimination. The ruling ordered Riot to pay out $100 million collectively to every woman employee or contractor working with the company over the past five years.

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At least 2300 workers are eligible for receiving money from the payout.

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Workers walked out over planned job cuts to game testers at Raven Software. The studio is owned by Activision and works on Call of Duty: Warzone. Out of 40 testers, 12 were notified their contracts would be terminated, despite Warzone generating $5.2 million per day.

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Game Workers Unite Australia re-launches as Game Workers Australia and is a new division of the Professionals Australia Union.

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Over 200 QA testers at Activision Blizzard in Texas, Minnesota, and California walk out of work in protest of 12 QA workers being let go at Raven Software.\nWorkers demanded that all Raven QA contractors receive full-time positions and for the company to reverse the layoffs at Raven.

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Dozens of Lockwood Publishing workers in the Game Workers branch of the IWGB Union are publicly asking their employer follow the legal redundancy process as well as recognise the union.

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Paizo voluntarily recognised the United Paizo Workers union to represent workers at the role-playing game company. They have been supported by the CODE-CWA in negotiations and there are at least 39 workers involved so far.\nWorkers at Paizo started organising publicly on the 14th of October with the intention of being recognised for collective bargaining. Paizo's decision to voluntarily recognise the union is an unusual step in the games industry.

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40 Freelance workers at Paizo refuse to accept any new contracts until improvements were made at the company. On October 14th of the same year, they also added to their demands that the company recognize United Paizo Workers for the full-time workers.

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On behalf of workers at Activision Blizzard who participated in the A Better ABK campaign, CODE-CWA sues the company for labour violations and union busting.

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Twitch streamers take #ADayOffTwitch to highlight how marginalized streamers have faced repeated hate raids and that Amazon has not taken meaningful actions to address the abuse.

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Over 1,000 current and former Ubisoft workers signed an open letter in solidarity with Activision Blizzard workers taking part in a walkout. The letter also demands Ubisoft management bring workers into the decision making process for how to handle the abuse and harassment revelations at the company in 2020. The workers call on Ubisoft, ABK and other comapnies to create industry standard practices around harassment and abuse. This is the first action from the A Better Ubisoft group.

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More than 2,000 current and former workers at Activision Blizzard signed an open letter criticising the companies response to the recent sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit.

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At least 20 workers at Activision Blizzard spoke out online after the company put out a statement responding to the sexual harassment lawsuit filed the day before. In addition, some World of Warcraft developers stopped work "in solidarity with the women that came forward."

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The Gamer, GameXplain, and Prima Games put out statements that they would be ending or pausing reporting on content from Activision Blizzard or Ubisoft until action is taken on sexual harassment. Prima Games explained: "In light of recent reports regarding allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination at Activision, Blizzard, and Ubisoft, Prima Games is putting a hard pause on coverage of all Activision, Blizzard, and Ubisoft content until further notice." Similarly, GameXplain stated: "In light of the horrific sexual harassment allegations brought against Activision Blizzard, we are suspending any and all coverage of Activision Blizzard games for the remainder of the year, and perhaps indefinitely, until the work culture has been demonstrably improved."

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A lawsuit was filed in California against Activision Blizzard which included claims that workers have faced "constant sexual harassment, including groping, comments, and advances" involving a "frat boy workplace culture." There was a case of suicide which has been connected to the harassment at the company. The lawsuit follows a two year investigation, with multiple examples and complaints. It noted that women of color were "particularly vulnerable targets."

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Solidaires Informatique sues Ubisoft for institutional sexual harassment on behalf of workers at Ubisoft. The complaints target the Ubisoft group as a legal person and several members of the leadership. The union is asking all people who have been victims of the Ubisoft group to join in on this collective action. They're calling on everyone interested (unionised or not) to contact them, whether to testify or to file a complaint.

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31 workers at Fusebox Games send an open letter to management about the problematic treatment of LGBT+ characters in the game.

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IGN management removed an article supporting Palestinian charities without consulting the workers. In response, the workers draft and submit an open letter asking for it to be reinstated.

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Canadian performers ratify collective bargaining agreement with Game On Creative which includes a guaranteed 3% raise each year of the three year agreement.

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Workers at Future plc ratified a union contract with the Writers Guild of America, East. The collective bargaining agreement set a three-year contract with a pay increase for the lowest paid of US$10,000, amongst other improvements. The 53-member bargaining unit covers a range of online news outlets.

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NetEnt, a large gaming company in Malta that makes online casino games, planned layoffs of 324 employees after being acquired by Evolution Gaming.

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The General Workers Union, pointing out that the company had failed to follow the proper procedure for layoffs, filed a court injunction that successfully staved off the redundancies.

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SAG-AFTRA, the screen actors union that includes many video game voice actors in its membership, extended the 2017 Interactive Media Agreement to cover voiceover and performance capture work until November 7, 2022.

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STJV workers from Ubisoft Annecy created a union section, a public legal body giving workers representation and communication power at the company.

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The French trade union Solidaires Informatique put out a public call for a collective lawsuit at Ubisoft. Following abuse and harassment allegations at the company, the union is asking workers to come forward to be part of the lawsuit.

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Workers at XLGames announced the creation of a new union, XL Reboot, under Kakao union (i.e., Crew Union), which is also under the chemical, textile and food industry division of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the country's second-largest umbrella union. Workers at XL Games experienced project drops and laid-offs after Kakao games acquired XL Games as its subsidiary. The worker made the following demands: "Abolish inclusive wage system. Ensure job security. Improve flexible work system. Implement an attendance management system."

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STJV workers from Ubisoft Paris created a union section, a public legal body giving workers representation and communication power at the company.

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Cards Against Humanity workers unionise after report of racist and sexist culture becomes public. Workers call for Management voluntarily recognised the union.

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The Swedish unions Unionen and SACO signed a collective bargaining agreement with Paradox Interactive, a publisher and game developer. As part of the agreement, workers a Paradox can bargain over their pay, benefits, responsibilities, and more. The agreement covers all Paradox workers in Sweden.

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Workers at Gamechuck joined The New Union (Novi sindikat) and are negotiating the first collective agreement in the games industry in Croatia.

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Workers organising with the union Starting Point negotiated a 6.8% pay rise. This is the first time a South Korean game company has made public its wage hike rate.

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The CWA (Communication Workers of America) launched a new initiative to unionise game and tech workers. The campaign hired two organisers, Emma Kinema and Wes McEnany, to provide support for workers to unionise. Emma previously co-founded Game Workers Unite and organised with workers in the Southern California chapters.

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Workers in Spain formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.

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A videogame designer at the Chinese company NetEase was sacked after being diagnosed with an untreatable heart condition. The company blamed their performance and refused to pay severance. As the worker explained:\n“I have experienced persecution, machination, surveillance, framing, threats, and even being pressured to leave the office by security guards … whether I worked overtime past midnight for several weeks in a row, or worked 996 for an extended period of time, I was never late the next day.”\nFollowing online protests that targeted the company, NetEase admitted that its treatment of the worker was “facile”, “brutal”, and “merciless” and promised to pay the worker.

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A coalition of unions launched a national strike movement across all industries to protest against a planned pension reform that would push back the retiring age and drastically lower all pensions. Over 100 workers in STJV across six cities organised strike funds and went on strike for 54 days. The movement was successful, both overall by pushing the government to cancel the planned reform, and in the video game industry by helping to raise awareness, establishing video game unions as legitimate among other trade unions, and raising issues traditionally associated with "old" industries.

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During a nation-wide strike movement in France against a planned pensions reforms, a group of around 100 people, including more than 50 streamers, organised a 6 week streaming marathon on Twitch. During their 470 hours of streaming, they raised over €150,000 for an inter-union strike fund by playing games with social themes, hosting keynotes on the video game industry, talking about political news, and so on. It was the first time Twitch was used to raise funds directly for workers' actions.\nThe stream is archived here.

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Workers in Ireland organising as Game Workers Unite formed a branch of the Irish FSU (Financial Services Union).

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Workers in Portland formed a branch of Game Workers Unite and organised a physical meet up.

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The IWGB launched a campaign to defend Austin Kelmore, a programmer at Ustwo Games. Kelmore is part of the recently launched game worker branch of the IWGB. The union maintains that he was fired for union organising, threatening to campaign over his sacking. This is the first public case of union victimisation in UK games industry.

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Workers at Smilegate called a rally on the 20th of September in front of the company’s offices. They called for an end to job insecurity and improved communications with the union. The demonstration also marked the first anniversary of the union.

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Workers at Nexon organised a protest on the 3rd of September outside of Nexon’s offices. 600 workers joined the demonstration that marked the first year of the union. Workers made the following demands: “Stop making excuses for reorganization. Ensure job security. We cannot endure disorganization without countermeasures.” They called for the company to engage with them over the cancelling and suspending of projects.

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Workers in Ireland formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.

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The British Columbia branch of ACTRA reaches an agreement with Nintendo to only use Voice Actors from the union. Some union voice actors were previously contracting with the company in violation of the rules of the union.

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Workers at Vox Media, part of the Vox Media Union, stage a one-day walkout at the end of the last day of bargaining. The action effected the gaming website Polygon. Since Vox Media Union was recognised in January 2018 they have been attempting to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement.

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Workers at Riot Games in Los Angeles organised a walk out over the company’s use of forced arbitration in lawsuits. There are currently five active lawsuits over workplace harassment, discrimination, and Equal Pay Act violations. Forced arbitration prevents workers having the right to a verdict from a jury or judge. 150 workers joined the protest, making it the largest walkout in the games industry so far. This follows Google ending forced arbitration after protests involving 20,000 workers.

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Workers in Dallas, Texas formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.

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Workers in New York City formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.

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Workers in Seattle formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.

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Workers in Baltimore formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.

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Workers in Australia formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.

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Workers in Austin, Texas formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.

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Workers formed a union called "Joint Statement" at Naver Corp. 300 workers joined within the first two hours of the union being formed.

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The formation of Game Makers of Finland as a trade union. The organisation is a member of Association of IT sector Employees (Tietoala) and they are part of the Union of the Professional Engineers in Finland.

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SAG-AFTRA Interactive Negotiating Committee Chair Keythe Farley said, “I can't believe we're still fighting for this contract two years later. I thought we'd be done by lunch on day one. I figured we were all eager to update the substandard, 20-year-old contract that we’ve been operating under and start fresh with a modern, industry-standard agreement that protects, and fairly compensates, performers working on today’s video games. The one thing that keeps me going is our members' dedication and commitment to a fair contract. It's the same dedication they bring to their performances, so I guess it's no surprise, really."

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Atari settles a lawsuit from 537 workers by paying the workers $600,000. Atari laid the workers off with no notice, which the glazer's union says was in response to their campaign to unionize the Atari workers.

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Atari announced in December of 1984 that it would end its operation in Limerick and sack hundreds of workers. They proposed moving the factory to Taiwan. In response, Atari workers occupied the factory in January 1985, withholding stock and machinery as part of their protest. They demanded increased redundancy settlements. At the time, a worker explained to RTÉ News that she wanted: “to highlight the whole situation, the way we’ve been treated and in the hope that even if we don’t gain anything from it that other workers will see the stand that we’re taking.”

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A small bargaining unit of 200 Atari workers lost a union recognition election after one year of trying to hold the election. This was the third attempt as the first two were not able to proceed as not enough people signed up to the union. The union drive lost steam in large part due to massive layoffs in the past year.

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Workers at Nintendo go on hunger strike to try to prevent factories being shut down and moved to another city. They were unsuccessful in this protest.

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