IWGB Game Workers Scotland

Representing the Scotland regional group of the IWGB Game Workers union 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

In the games industry? Join us!

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We’re excited and proud to finally reveal the results of our recent Dundee game industry salary survey!

Read on for a link to the full breakdown of results, as well as some highlights we’ve picked out 🧵 1/14

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Over 100 developers at risk of redundancy. It's time for every game dev to have job security and good working conditions.

If you work in the UK games industry, join our union here: https://t.co/Xm08SjCMBI

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We are happy to announce our first ever Scotland-wide meetup on Saturday, May 3rd! The event will be at 7pm at The Waverley Bar in Edinburgh.
You can sign up to the event here (it's free!): https://t.co/WRz2YTqExU

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This Saturday, 1 til 3pm! Join unionised game devs from across the UK to elect new officers, vote on our union's manifesto and hear from guest speakers from @IatseRpg and People Make Games.

See you there! 🙌

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Join us in Dundee on the 8th June for our Annual General Meeting - the largest meeting of unionised game devs in the UK! 🙌

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Reposting our guidance on your rights during redundancies in UK employment law for employees at Sony and Supermassive.

The best way to use and improve on these rights is you and your co-workers joining our union.

Join today at: https://t.co/p5oZzBVwGb

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We launched 5 years ago today! We're the largest union for game devs in the UK, with members in hundreds of studios. We've won hundreds of thousands of pounds for our members, and defended them in grievances, disciplinaries and redundancies.

Join us at: https://t.co/Xm08SjCMBI

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Our last Dundee social of the year is happening this afternoon! Wrap up warm and come on down 🧣🧤

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📣 Dundee game workers!

It's almost time for our final meetup of the year! Join us this Sunday at 1pm, at Cake or Dice, for boardgames and some much-needed hot drinks ❄️

All game workers are welcome to come along, union member or not!

[IWGB Game Workers Scotland @GameWorkersScot]

📣 Dundee game workers!

It's almost time for our final meetup of the year! Join us this Sunday at 1pm, at Cake or Dice, for boardgames and some much-needed hot drinks ❄️

All game workers are welcome to come along, union member or not!

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One week left to apply! Come work with us to build a strong union in the UK games industry!

https://t.co/WARnLrjWGg

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More than 7000 game devs this year have been made redundant, with hundreds in the UK facing unemployment over Christmas.

It's time for every game dev to be unionised, and for our industry to treat us with the respect we deserve.

Join our union here: https://t.co/Xm08SjDkrg

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Unfortunately our Dundee Game Workers social this weekend is POSTPONED, due to the adverse weather conditions we're facing 🙅

Stay safe, and keep an eye out for the rescheduled social sometime soon!

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📣 Dundee game workers!

Join us this Saturday, 1pm at Cake or Dice, for our monthly game workers social!

All game workers are welcome (union member or not) - come on down for a coffee and some seasonably spooky boardgames 👻🎃

[IWGB Game Workers Scotland @GameWorkersScot]

📣 Dundee game workers!

Join us this Saturday, 1pm at Cake or Dice, for our monthly game workers social!

All game workers are welcome (union member or not) - come on down for a coffee and some seasonably spooky boardgames 👻🎃

[IWGB Game Workers Scotland @GameWorkersScot]

📣 Dundee game workers!

Join us this Saturday, 1pm at Cake or Dice, for our monthly game workers social!

All game workers are welcome (union member or not) - come on down for a coffee and some seasonably spooky boardgames 👻🎃

[IWGB Game Workers @IWGB_GW]

In the past week, 500+ workers in the UK games industry have had their jobs put at risk. On Thurs 12th, 6 to 7:30pm we're holding an open meeting for any game dev in the UK. Find out about our union, your rights, and how we can stop this happening again.

https://t.co/z9RK6EIYv9

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We want to give our support to everyone affected by the redundancies at Epic and Creative Assembly.

Here is our guidance on redundancies in the UK and how workers can push back against them to save jobs and get better redundancy terms. https://t.co/7iBzmGPVdW

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Proud to be sponsoring this month's @HubworldScot Dundee Game Dev Meet Up - get yourselves along to meet other game devs in Dundee! 🙌

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We're very pleased to be sponsoring this month's Hubworld Dundee meetup!

These events are so valuable for bringing Scotland's vibrant community of game workers together - grab a ticket and come on down 🩵🧡

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Tickets for our next event are live! ⭐️

📢- 6pm / 29th September / 3 Sessions Street -📢

Thanks to our sponsors we are now providing food completely on the house!

Grab a ticket here and we'll see you there ! 🔥
https://t.co/vTvOy4C9TH

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Have you checked out the results of our Dundee salary survey yet? 👀

You can see the full thread🧵 of our findings here:

[IWGB Game Workers Scotland @GameWorkersScot]

We’re excited and proud to finally reveal the results of our recent Dundee game industry salary survey!

Read on for a link to the full breakdown of results, as well as some highlights we’ve picked out 🧵 1/14

[IWGB Game Workers @IWGB_GW]

Mass layoffs in 3 studios in the same day?😡

Game devs need a union - if you work in the UK games industry, join us at https://t.co/1tGsSkktrD