The game industry has seen a pause in unionization efforts, but the formation of United Videogame Workers by the Communications Workers of America aims to reinvigorate these movements. Announced at the Game Developers Conference 2025, UVW seeks to build solidarity among game developers and promote labor education across different studios. Unlike traditional unions, it operates as a voluntary trade group, pooling resources for collective labor battles. This comes at a time when ongoing strikes, such as those by SAG-AFTRA game actors, emphasize the industry's need for structural changes and protections.
"The UVW-CWA's mission, per a press release reported by IGN, is to not only build community and solidarity amongst video game workers, but also to build large-scale education campaigns about labor organizing in the video game industry."
"For two-thirds of modern industrial history, there were no legal forms of unions...They were just humans coming together to organize as best as they could in leverage against their employers for better conditions."
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