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IWGB Game Workers Northern Ireland
@gameworkersni.bsky.social
Representing the Northern Ireland regional group of IWGB Game Workers Union

Join our union here: http://iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game-worker
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For the 2nd year running, IWGB Game Workers NI are hosting a Halloween Social on Oct 30th in Pug Uglys!

Open to folk in an outside the union with all money raised going towards a local charity 🎃

For more information and to get your ticket follow the link below

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IWGB Halloween Social 🎃 · Luma
IWGB Game Workers Northern Ireland presents an evening of spooky Hallowe'en camaraderie! 🎃🎃🎃🎃 This event is open to everyone, whether you're in the union…
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#OtD 3 Jan 2012 workers at a Foxconn factory that make Xbox consoles go on strike. https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2021-01-foxconn-factory-workers-strike
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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We are extremely appalled and shocked at the recent news of the closure of Ubisoft Halifax - we stand in solidarity with all of those affected.
January 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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If you're a video game worker looking to have a stronger voice on the job, stop corporate greed and get better pay, benefits and more, join @videogameworkers.bsky.social and build worker power to change the gaming industry for good.

uvw-cwa.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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that’s craaaazy
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.

We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Credit to @kindradantone.bsky.social for their amazing work!
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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UK games industry is having a fuckin moment this week.

Jesus Christ.
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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NYC 🌆 Protest at Rockstar’s NY offices next Friday, Dec 5th with us! We will be there with organizers across the industry — let’s make the fight against their illegal union-busting international ✊

🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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just asking a question
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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I decided to convert dollars to centimeters. That allows us to visualize, for example, the distance between having no money and being at poverty level — about four city blocks.
2/8
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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A statement from the Game Workers of the IWGB this Transgender Day of Remembrance. Please join us in marking this important day by remembering those we have lost due to trans violence and hate.

Further resources:

empower-up.com/topic/gender...
lgbthero.org.uk/tdor-vigils-2025
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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I attended the protest outside of Rockstar North in Edinburgh this evening to stand in solidarity with the more than 30 workers across the UK, including a number of my constituents who have been sacked.
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Our statement in solidarity with our fellow workers' ongoing protest against @rockstargames.com's gross union busting!
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Unions ain't busted.

Our campaign against @rockstargames.com continues - reinstate your workers now!
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Rockstar hit with legal claims by IWGB over firing of unionizing workers
Rockstar faces legal claims for firing unionizing devs
The IWGB is taking Rockstar to court for 'victimization and collective dismissal linked to trade union activity.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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#OtD 13 Nov 2024 Workers at ZeniMax strike over remote work and outsourcing. https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2024-11-workers-zenimax-strike-over-remote-work-outsourcing
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Union files formal legal claims against Rockstar amid union-busting accusations
www.gamesindustry.biz/union-files-...
Union files formal legal claims against Rockstar amid union busting accusations
After accusing Rockstar of union busting after the studio reportedly dismissed 30 to 40 employees last Thursday (Octobe…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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The Scottish Greens stand with the dozens of workers sacked by @rockstargames.com for exercising their right to organise with @gameworkers.co.uk @iwgbunion.bsky.social

Reinstate them now, then get around the table & give your staff the pay & conditions they deserve for making you billions.
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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October 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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“Say sorry, be nice is a Rockstar slogan, it has been for many, many years. At least in this instance, it doesn’t seem like the company is interested in living by it.”

Watch the video of our demonstration & interviews with dismissed workers at Rockstar North here!
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.

That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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You can hear how angry and hurt these devs are. It's in their shaky voices and the way they talk about their work. It's an awful situation, for those who were forced out and those who remain
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.

That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Fun fact - the Oscars were literally created to union bust!

Studio execs wanted something they solely controlled that others desired and then used the Oscars to force workers to get in line with threats of never giving it to them if they didn't.

Feels eerily similar...
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help our fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union.

Help us fight back! Anything you can donate will massively help our efforts to hold Rockstar to account.

actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals!
Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM