We are United Videogame Workers, an industry-wide union working to build a game industry that works for us. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾 Affiliated with CWA and CODE-CWA. JOIN US: https://uvw-cwa.org/membership
The layoffs are getting worse. Devs are suffering. Gamers are suffering. Organizing is the only way to save this industry and the people who make it possible.
New data suggests layoffs will affect 14,259 people by the end of 2026, up 78% from first forecast of the year"The pace of layoffs is accelerating faster than our models initially predicted"www.gamesindustry.bizYour boss is not your friend. If you let them, they WILL use every weapon at their disposal to disempower you. Don't let them!
Bruce LittleThe DOJ was willing to charge a labor leader with a crime, hold it over him for months, & then walk away from it once the charge couldn’t survive scrutiny. That is not how a justice system is supposed to work.
In our new series #SaveGameWorkers, you’ll meet the people who make your favorite games at Xbox…until they get laid off. Today, meet Eric Bakutis from Zenimax Online Studios. #SaveOurDevs by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
Back in October, Rockstar Games fired 34 employees for alleged gross misconduct. The severity of these firings could have spelled the end for a burgeoning union effort that was underway, but it didn't. In fact, the union is now *bigger* than it's ever been before. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym4z...
As always, new devs get it in the shorts twice with these things: not only are companies laying off (meaning they don't have openings for new devs), the jobs that ARE available are going to be snapped up by the people getting laid off, meaning we're essentially reaching a point of zero new blood.
United Videogame Workers-CWADid you know that in official numbers (often extracted from WARN notices), contractors aren't counted as cut employees? So the games industry bloodbath is even worse than being reported. Big ups to Rebekah for covering what many game workers already know: it's past time we fight for our dignity.
It's a grim, but frequent reality. WARN only covers direct employees - but individual contracts and partnerships with codev and exdev studios are also under the gun during cost-cutting. Sometimes, downstream effects on those partners can be viewed in abstract. But often, the impact goes unseen.
Silent Hill 2 codev Side lays off "less than" 10 employeesCodev Side, formerly known as PTW, has confirmed a layoff round affecting "less than" 10 employees, with others departing the company because their contracts came to an end.www.gamedeveloper.comWe will be running our Union-Made Game Jam again in 2027 during the month of January! Sign ups are now open:
Union Made Jam 2027A game jam from 2027-01-01 to 2027-02-01 hosted by UVW-CWA. Union-Made Game Jam 2027 Hosted by United Videogame Workers-CWA · #UnionMadeJam Union-Made Game Jam is a month long game making event for me...itch.ioThe costs that are cut will continue to be human ones, and it is up to us as workers to demand a stop to this practice, no matter the industry. Short-sighted cuts of valuable employees to support initiatives like these provide momentary stakeholder value at the cost of destroying livelihoods.
Oracle to investors: Don't worry about data center spending, company is 'very, very good' at cost-cuttingAs the cloud giant spends billions on the AI race, it reassures investors that it is still "very good" at doing things on the cheap.www.businessinsider.comThis could be your workplace next! Don't let these ghouls cut your livelihood for their gain. Organize before it's too late!
Oracle sheds 21,000 roles over the past year amid wave of AI layoffs from tech giants"The adoption and deployment of AI technologies across our operations have resulted, and may continue to result, in reductions to our workforce," Oracle said.www.cnbc.com
One of the most immediate ways fans can help game workers affected by layoffs is to upvote and comment on this XBOX Player Voice thread. High-performing posts actually appear on executive desks, so let your voice be heard! feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios UnionBethesda Games Studios’ Montreal workers are being treated especially poorly by XBOX and we won’t stand for it. Here are the details. If this upsets you let Microsoft know: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
Did you know that there is a threshold that triggers the WARN notice and isn’t required when laying off a number of employees under a certain amount guess how I know
United Videogame Workers-CWADid you know that in official numbers (often extracted from WARN notices), contractors aren't counted as cut employees? So the games industry bloodbath is even worse than being reported. Big ups to Rebekah for covering what many game workers already know: it's past time we fight for our dignity.
Did you know that in official numbers (often extracted from WARN notices), contractors aren't counted as cut employees? So the games industry bloodbath is even worse than being reported. Big ups to Rebekah for covering what many game workers already know: it's past time we fight for our dignity.
KotakuThousands of full-time video game industry workers have been laid off in the last several years as game companies scramble to cut costs. But there are even more cuts happening quietly to contract workers, wh... https://kotaku.com/amidst-mass-layoffs-contract-workers-devastated-video-games-2000718416