the cwa, which helped over 300 workers at bethesda parent company zenimax (and hundreds more across microsoft) unionize, has issued a statement about the recent studio closures and layoffs

Googlers are working dangerously long hours to avoid being the next target for random, senseless layoffs.

And Google execs are out here bragging about it.

cnbc.com/2024/04/23/goo…

More studios closing, with livelihoods put at risk. Last year the CEO and President of Take-Two got $72 million in bonuses.

Every game dev needs to unionise - join the largest union for the UK games industry today:
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Huge news! Our fellow workers at DistroKid, one of the most important music distribution companies, have voted to join NABET-CWA!

This is a win for tech workers and everyone in the audio space. Onward to a first contract!

Andrew Snell joined America's Work Force to discuss how Quality Assurance Workers at Activision became the largest group of union represented workers in any U.S. game studio. Give it a listen:

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Sega of America workers just secured the first collective bargaining agreement of any major video game company in the U.S.

The contract includes raises, just cause protections, and several other concessions that can help push working conditions forward at other shops as well

I’m out sick today, but wanted to share this union news before I got back to sleep. Unionized Sega of America have secured a contract that includes raises, just cause protections, and more:

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NEW: following a contentious period in which sega attempted to lay off 40% of the bargaining unit, sega's union has secured a contract that includes raises, just cause protections, layoff protections, a crediting guarantee, and numerous other improvements

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Activision QA workers have formed the largest US video game union yet. Around 600 workers completed their vote with the results certified today theverge.com/2024/3/8/24094…

We are so excited to welcome workers at Activision Central Quality Assurance into our union!

CWA now represents over 1000 video game workers at Microsoft!

Big News! Workers at Activision Central Quality Assurance have joined CWA & Microsoft has recognized their union!

With approximately 600 members, Activision Quality Assurance United-CWA is the largest group of union-represented workers at any U.S. game studio!

The largest video game union of all time has been formed, comprising 600 Activision QA workers.

It's nice to see such unity.

Happy International Women’s Day to all the women in game dev! 🙌

Over the last year, we've supported hundreds of women in redundancies and organising to make the games industry a better place for women to work. It's never been more important for everyone to be in a union.

BREAKING - Around 600 Activision QA workers are unionizing under the Communication Workers of America, making it the largest union in North American game development. Activision owner Microsoft voluntarily agreed to recognize the union, per the CWA.

Some good industry news: Activision QA workers voted yes to unionize, making Activision QA United the largest video game unit in the US with ~600 workers. Under Microsoft, the process went a lot differently than with Activision's other unions.

polygon.com/24093254/activ…

theverge.com/2024/3/8/24094…

Activision QA Workers form the largest video game union yet

theverge.com/2024/3/1/24087…

Google cuts team of contractors who went on dteike