ver.di Game Workers Union

Who are we? We are #gamedev.s and other workers in the German #gamesindustry! What do we want? A #gamesindustry without mismanagement, crunch, underpayment and harassment. And now we have a website, so you can join us! ✊️ game-workers.de

🇬🇧🌪️ Don’t Nod: management refuses any negotiation and is trying to force through its redundancies plan, even if it ends up annihilating the company. But will it even avoid insolvency until then?

Fuck EA, Fuck rich people, fuck shareholders, fuck suits, fuck everyone who nakes our lifes more and more miserable.

BioWare is closing, and the next Mass Effect game is cancelled.

Solidarity with our collegues at #Fishlabs who are getting laid off. They have to pay the price for #Embracer 's mismanagement. Another dark day in the #gamesindustry with a studio full of talented people becoming a victim of unsustainable greed. bsky.app/profile/vert...

"Cease this madness now. Ubisoft can make great games only if the wellbeing of the people making them is taken into account" Assassin's Creed publisher Ubisoft wants all employees to work in-office five days per week, but unions in Milan and Montreal have mobilised in defiance

French union STJV has accused Quantic Dream of taking retaliatory action against one of its union representatives. In response, STJV is calling for a national strike on October 8—the same day its rep has been summoned to a disciplinary meeting at the Detroit: Become Human studio.

The designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in solidarity to form a union with CWA!

🇬🇧🌀Workers at Ubisoft Montreal are going public with their unionization campaign in the world biggest video game studio, and are launching a petition to preserve hybrid work. ‼️If you know workers at Ubisoft Montreal, tell them about it and encourage them to sign the petition‼️

'This shows the power that comes from employees joining forces:' King signs collective bargaining agreement with union workers

We are marching for our hard-won rights. Against the cuts of #MerzMussWeg and his willing lackeys!

Tomorrow is the day to get out in the streets and demand an end to the cuts of our social security. Find a protest near you here: #Sozialstaat #HartVerdient #Rente www.dgb.de/mitmachen/ka...

Am Samstag gibt es bundesweite Proteste gegen die Demontage unseres Sozialstaats, organisiert vom #DGB. Macht mit! Es ist wichtig für uns alle, dass möglichst viele auf die Strasse gehen, um dem #Sozialabbau die rote Karte zu zeigen. www.dgb.de/mitmachen/ka...

Game workers in Germany, it is time to go to the streets on 26th of September. More info: www.verdi.de/stabilbleibe...

Game workers in Germany, it is time to go to the streets on 26th of September. More info: www.verdi.de/stabilbleibe...

Today marks the beginning of our trial against Rockstar to hold them accountable for firing workers who were trying to unionise. In order for us to see this through to the end, we need your support. Please donate to and share our fundraiser for the Rockstar 31: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/wWq5Omj...

Die Regierung diskutiert Einschnitte bei Rente, Kranken- & Pflegeversicherung und Lohnfortzahlung. Die Folgen: 81 Prozent sorgen sich um ihre finanzielle Absicherung, 42 Prozent schränken deshalb den Konsum ein. Weniger Sicherheit, weniger Konsum, weniger Wirtschaft: www.boeckler.de/de/pressemit...

Our solidarity with the workers at #Crytek who are losing their jobs. Another sad day in #gamedev with talented people paying the prize for their bosses' mistakes. #layoffs #unionize insider-gaming.com/crytek-layof...

It's been almost a year since 31 workers in the IWGB Game Workers Union at Rockstar were fired in what I believe is a clear union busting attempt by Rockstar execs. If you're near Glasgow on Thursday, come support the workers as their tribunal case is getting started. I'll be there!

Our comrades of the @csvi-cgt.bsky.social are currently fighting #Ubisoft 's unfair treatment of its employees with a series of intermittent strikes. If you want to support them, you can do so by donating to their #strike fund!

Ubisoft Mobile Barcelona is the studio behind Invincible: Guarding the Globe, the mobile title that was recently called out for delivering 'record performance' in Q1.

NEW: Spanish union Coordinadora Sindical del Videojuego (CSV) is calling for ongoing strike action at Ubisoft Mobile Barcelona in protest of a return-to-office policy that will require staff to work on-site five days a week.

Your game fails. You get fired. Your game succeeds. You get fired. #Unionize now! bsky.app/profile/insi...

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Aktionstag am 26. September: Wir machen bundesweit gemeinsam mit dem DGB und seinen Mitgliedsgewerkschaften mobil. Wir gehen auf die Straße und demonstrieren für eine solidarisch finanzierte soziale Gesellschaft. Sei dabei! www.verdi.de/stabilbleiben-sozialgestalten/rette-uns-den-sozialstaat

Game workers and allies are taking action at #SaveOurDevs rallies! Earlier this month, Microsoft reported that they would be laying off thousands of workers across the company – impacting hundreds of union jobs. An injury to one video game worker is an injury to all.

Also applicable in the #gamesindustry: "How to #unionize your tech workplace" www.computerworld.com/article/4192...

Solidarity with our #union comrades in Spain, Canada and the US who are fighting against the mass #layoffs which are destroying the #gamesindustry. ✊🏼✊🏻✊🏿 If you have the means, they need any support they can get. bsky.app/profile/cgtc... bsky.app/profile/vide... bsky.app/profile/gwu-...

Rally against the mass layoffs at Microsoft next Wednesday, July 15 at 12:30pm at Square Victoria! Invite your friends and come support workers at Bethesda Game Studios Montréal! Let's show industry bosses that we can't be beaten down! 💪 RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/save-...

Ubisoft Barcelona goes on strike. The company wants to layoff 51 #ACResynced developers after game success. 🏴 No to ERE (redundancies) in Ubisoft Barcelona!

The bosses are stealing our game industry, and we aim to take it back! We’re calling game workers, allies, and fans alike to join emergency rallies on WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th! Check this thread for times and locations as they’re established: 🧵

🪟📝📢 Au moins 3200 travailleureuses de Xbox se retrouvent licencié·es. Les syndicats du groupe publient une liste de demandes sur la plateforme Player’s Voice de Microsoft. Nous avons besoin de votre soutien et vote pour forcer la direction à y répondre : feedbackportal.micro...

UPDATE: I've obtained a WARN notice filed in Texas that reveals 136 employees have been laid off at id Software (including remote workers), with another 22 people being ousted at Bethesda Game Studios' office in Austin. The overwhelming majority of those laid off were CWA union members.

One way you can show Microsoft your concern is here through the XBOX Player Voice feedback platform: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

They crunch us and bleed us dry and leave the broken bones for scraps, and they make money every step along the way

a bloodbath

Die Bosse und die Regierungskoalition behaupten, dass in Deutschland zuviele krankfeiern. Die @igmetall.bsky.social hat bereits vor einem Jahr darauf hingewiesen, dass das Gegenteil der Fall ist. www.igmetall.de/politik-und-...

The Ubisoft Barcelona works council announces a series of strikes to protest against the unjustified layoffs, and defend their jobs. Faced with executive greed, workers organize. Mobilization is our only guarantee! 🔥 #ubisoft #layoffs #ere #gamedev

Our campaign for a union at Rockstar continues! Today, we've filed for recognition with @rockstargames.com, asking Rockstar to meet with their workers to agree a deal for good working conditions, fairness and a say at work. We await Rockstar's response. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

✊ Ubisoft Barcelona employees will strike six times between June 30 and July 16. 📉 The strike follows Ubisoft's decision to lay off 51 employees, around 28% of the studio's workforce. 🛡️ Workers are demanding job protection and guarantees against future layoffs.

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Auch wir sind dabei und schwitzen, damit wir morgen noch einen Sozialstaat haben #dgb #gewerkschaft #demo #berlin

France's @stjv.fr calls for a strike in the French #gamesindustry over the ongoing layoffs, as they are currently affecting #gamedevs at Quantic Dream, as well as other studios bsky.app/profile/stjv...

While the studio heads are lying and trying to divide workers, we fear the consequences on the studio and its workers. The already struggling production on Star Wars Eclipse will be affected. David de Gruttola and Guillaume de Fondaumière crossed the Rubicon. They must stand by the consequences.

Pretending to rely on "social dialogue" on one hand, and making it impossible on the other: it didn't work for Don't Nod, it will not work for Quantic. Last Thursday, 100+ workers walked off a second time against this despicable plan. David de Gruttola himself came to check on the picket line…

David de Gruttola ("David Cage") and Guillaume De Fondaumière are preventing worker representatives from… representing workers. After illegally remove their access to the studio's mailing lists, they are refusing to give enough delegation hours and means of communication to our union delegates.