GWU Bay Area

The local chapter of @GameWorkers for the Bay Area region of California. Building community and organizing game workers. DMs open. #GameWorkersUnite ✊🏾🎮

[GWU Bay Area @GWU_BayArea]

Interested in getting directly involved with Game Workers Unite Bay Area? Fill out this application form! ✊🏾🎮 https://t.co/Xj9Pq8t7rp

[Emma Kinema ⭐ @EmmaKinema]

🔥OVER 500 WORLD OF WARCRAFT WORKERS WON THEIR UNION WITH @CWAUnion @CODE_CWA TODAY🔥

I feel so privileged to have organized alongside these amazing workers. Their dedication, passion, and persistence has been inspiring.

[GWU Montréal @GWU_Montreal]

De grandes nouvelles s'en viennent qu'on a hâte de partager! Ouvrez l'œil pour notre prochaine annonce. 👀

We’ve got an exciting announcement coming soon! Keep an eye on this space. 👀

[GWU Montréal @GWU_Montreal]

Youtube Music workers who were laid off in retaliation for unionizing have started a crowdfunding campaign to support them while they figure out the next steps, please chip in if you can! https://t.co/FACiBOoMBY

[CODE-CWA @CODE_CWA]

Microsoft’s announcement that it will be laying off 1,900 video game workers makes clear that, even when you work at a successful company in an extremely profitable industry, your livelihood is not protected without a voice on the job.

While CWA-represented members at Zenimax, Raven, and Blizzard Albany will not be impacted by these cuts, we are heartbroken that the lives of so many dedicated and talented video game workers will be disrupted.

Every video game worker deserves not only their fair share, but also the peace of mind that comes from having a say over the impact of job cuts.

Through organizing, workers have established basic workplace practices that are now common —from the eight hour work day, to the five day workweek. By coming together and exercising their right to organize, workers in the video game industry can make layoff protections standard practice for all workers. This is the power of organizing.

We will continue to support workers at Microsoft and across the video game industry who want to have a union voice on the job.

[GWU Montréal @GWU_Montreal]

QA on strike! Join the workers of Keywords Edmonton United as they stream games and chat about the unfair and unjust treatment of QA workers in the industry amid an ongoing dispute with Keywords Studios and Bioware.

[Josh Sawyer @jesawyer]

This year’s The Game Awards is an embarrassing indictment of a segment of the industry desperate for validation via star power with little respect for the devs it’s supposedly honoring.

[Game Workers of SoCal (GWSC) @GWSoCal]

Game workers, union siblings, friends, and fans

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7TH IN FRONT OF PEACOCK THEATER

Join us in demanding #TheGameAwards acknowledge a year of LAYOFFS, RETALIATION, CRUNCH, AND HARASSMENT

https://t.co/lNtiqvduV6

[🇵🇸 Younès @pyrofoux]

The games industry's silence on the Palestinian genocide is disgusting, and this needs to change.

To all gamedevs: Please read our letter to The Game Awards, sign it, and share it as much as you can. Palestinians need all the support we can give ✊🏽🇵🇸

📩https://t.co/SpG5vOfd9z

[AEGIS-CWA 💙 #UnionizeSEGA @takesAEGIS]

WE WON!

We just won our union election 91-26.

Our 200+ member union is now the LARGEST multi-department union of organized workers in the ENTIRE gaming industry.

So excited to celebrate this win & head to the bargaining table w/ @SEGA to continue building this company we love!

[GWU Bay Area @GWU_BayArea]

Solidarity with @takesAEGIS workers!

[CODE-CWA @CODE_CWA]

Today @takesAEGIS members begin their union election! 🤩These workers could use all the solidarity in the world. They’ve fought through months of SEGA’s relentless attempts at union-busting to get here today.

We know that the company cannot silence these brave workers’ voices ✊

[AEGIS-CWA 💙 #UnionizeSEGA @takesAEGIS]

Today we, a supermajority of workers at our @SEGA of America Irvine headquarters, are excited to announce that we are unionizing as the Allied Employees Guild Improving SEGA—AEGIS—in partnership with @code_cwa. #UnionizeSEGA

[CODE-CWA @CODE_CWA]

BREAKING: @ZeniMaxWorkers won their election, making them the FIRST official bargaining unit of @microsoft and the largest certified video game studio union in the U.S. The company has formally recognized the union with @CWAunion. Historic win. What a way to start 2023!!🥳🎮🌱

[ZeniMax Workers United - CWA @ZeniMaxWorkers]

Today we, a majority of QA workers at ZeniMax, are proud to announce the launch of our union with @CWAunion. We are the first group of workers at Microsoft to formally unionize. We are empowered to advocate for ourselves & build a future where we can thrive alongside the company

[Polygon @Polygon]

The Rise of the Video Game Union is our 54-page explainer on video game unionization. We answer literally every question you have.

Plus, it’s free to print and share as a zine! https://t.co/I4sJjpQLrS

[CODE-CWA @CODE_CWA]

BREAKING: @WeAreGWAAlbany won their union election in an unanimous 14-0 vote. This victory comes despite Activision's aggressive union-busting campaign, including their request that votes be impounded. They are are the second group to win union representation at ABK. @CWAUnion ✊

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

BARGAINING THREAD 🚨 🧵: Over 250 Starbucks stores have won their union election, and only 3 have had their first bargaining sessions. Why? Starbucks delay tactics. This thread will explain where we’re at and how we got here.

[Shannon Liao @Shannon_Liao]

BREAKING: The National Labor Relations Board has ruled in favor of 21 Blizzard Albany, formerly Vicarious Visions, quality assurance testers to vote in a union election. The board cited the low pay of testers compared to all other employees at the studio. https://t.co/DppyxHyoLJ

[CODE-CWA @CODE_CWA]

"By unionizing tech, we can leverage our collective power to improve the world. Imagine if we refused to use our skills to exploit gig workers, target kids with in-game purchases, or wage wars." - Robin LoBuglio, @tchumanunion + @CWAUnion member 🔥🎮🌱https://t.co/PG39u3dTNh

[GWU Bay Area @GWU_BayArea]

GWU Bay Area unequivocally stands for the right to choose. We support safe and accessible abortions, on demand without apology, now and forever.

Rally to Defend Roe
SF Civic Center
5PM Today

Stand up, fight back.