The Communications Workers of America union has announced a new industry-wide union which anyone can join.
Following its role in organized labor movements across multiple game development companies – including Activision, Microsoft, and Bethesda among others – the CWA has announced United Video Game Workers (UVW-CWA), a “direct-join, industry-wide video game union” which launched during the Game Developers Conference this week.
UVW-CWA will include game industry workers from the United States and Canada.
Members will be collecting signatures demanding “dignity and job security for all video game workers, particularly those facing layoffs.”.
“These workers are taking a bold stand, joining together to build power for the workers behind the games we all know and love.”.
The video game industry has lost over 25,000 jobs in the past two years, with 14,600 layoffs across the industry reported in 2024 alone.
Nearly 20 percent of those laid off were not given a reason as to why they were losing their jobs. »