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IWGB Game Workers Northern Ireland
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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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IWGB Game Workers Northern Ireland @gameworkersni.bsky.social · Oct 3
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

luma.com/d5ieq59h
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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gameworkersolidarity.com
#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
Workers at a Foxconn factory in Wuhan that assemble Xbox video game consoles protest over a job dispute. Estimates ranged from 80 to 200 workers involved in the strike. Foxconn announced it was close the production line for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console and transfer some workers to other roles, but then reneged on paying severance to other workers. Workers climbed onto the roof of a factory dormitory, with some threatening to jump to their deaths. This follows collective actions in factories that produce technology for other companies, including Apple.
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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gameworkers.co.uk
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.
We are appalled to hear about the closure of Ubisoft Halifax and the loss of 71 workers' livelihoods, less than a month after the formation of a union with CWA Canada Local 30111. We stand with our fellow game workers—profit will never trump people, and the games we love cannot be made without the dedicated workers who continue to deal with precarity and unfair treatment because of their love and passion for games. However, every day more and more game workers realize this does not have to be the way. Unions in the games industry are getting stronger and will not be silenced. Solidarity with those at Ubisoft.
January 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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aflcio.org
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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autumn-wright.com
that’s craaaazy
Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon grant Israel virtually government-wide access to their cloud and artificial intelligence technologies, enhancing data processing, decision- making and surveillance and analysis capacities.99 In October 2023, when the Israeli internal military cloud overloaded,100 Microsoft, with its Azure platform, and the Project Nimbus consortium stepped in with critical cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure.101 Their Israel-located servers ensure data sovereignty and a shield from accountability,102 under favourable contracts offering minimal restrictions or oversight.103 In July 2024, an Israeli colonel described cloud tech as a weapon in every sense of the word, citing these companies.
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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tprstly.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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nogamesforgenocide.com
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
A graphic which uses the colours of the Palestinian flag: white, black, red and green. Text at the top reads “No games for genocide”, and text at the bottom reads “Boycott Xbox, Sign the pledge”, with the website nogamesforgenocide.com below. In the middle of the graphic is an icon of a fist punching upwards, splitting a missile in half. One half of the broken missile has the Xbox logo on it, and the other half has the Microsoft logo on it.
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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videogameworkers.bsky.social
Credit to @kindradantone.bsky.social for their amazing work!
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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speedyjx.bsky.social
UK games industry is having a fuckin moment this week.

Jesus Christ.
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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techworkerscoalition.org
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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lukeplunkett.com
just asking a question
The studio's new owners--who have only been named as "private equity investors"--clearly have no interest in Splash Damage's history or experience, and have instead wasted absolutely no time doing what they do best: buying storied old companies and gutting them to the bone, before throwing those bones into the trash and moving onto the next victim. I'm sure some asshole in an expensive suit would argue that as of November 2025 Splash Damage's recent track record and the current volatility affecting the video game market make them a prime target for layoffs and maybe even closure. I would argue that anyone looking at a spreadsheet featuring the last three month's financials, and not the wider picture that this is a studio full of experienced developers who know how to make good video games, should be thrown into the deepest part of the ocean.
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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howtoreadthisch.art
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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gameworkers.co.uk
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
GAME WORKERS OF IWGB REMEMBERS TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES We spend today remembering those we’ve lost this Transgender Day of Remembrance, it is important now more than ever to stand in solidarity with our trans allies and colleagues. An important word from our Chair, Spring McparlinJones, on this topic: “It's hard to ignore the feeling of suspense in the trans community today. It's beginning to feel obvious that the target that's been placed on our collective head isn’t going away. In times like this, we turn to our memories. The optimists amongst us are remembering the brief period in the 2010’s when it seemed like things would be ok. The pessimists are remembering pink triangles. I'm choosing to remember what it was that allowed me to make it 7 years into my transition: my community. I've drifted through many different left leaning groups since my transition began. I'm proud to say that, beyond the trans centric ones, I've never found a community so welcoming to trans people as the Game Workers' union. There's no telling what is coming next for us, but I feel safe in the knowledge that I won't have to face it alone ✊️” We encourage you to attend a local or online vigil to offer support to the transgender people around you and to remember those who have lost their lives to anti-trans violence this year and in years passed. For more information on key organisations and workplace support: empower-up.com/topic/gender-reassignment/ . If you would like to attend a vigil, either online or in person, please visit: 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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videogameworkers.bsky.social
Our statement in solidarity with our fellow workers' ongoing protest against @rockstargames.com's gross union busting!
The managers and executives at Take-Two and Rockstar have finally answered the question of what they bring to the table in the production of GTA VI, given that the technical acumen, clever writing, beautiful composition, attention to detail, and vision are all brought by their workers. Pathetically, they’ve revealed that their contribution is sabotage, greed and short-sightedness by firing over 40 Rockstar employees who were organizing to demand better conditions as their co-workers shoulder the gargantuan task of delivering one of the biggest games in the history of the industry. Take Two and Rockstar’s leadership was willing to blatantly lie to the world about the conduct and character of these workers, and now they expect us all to believe that the 6-month delay of GTA VI has nothing to do with their gleeful desire to crush the dreams of workers even if it hurts their remaining staff, their faithful fans, and the quality of their work. UVW-CWA stands firmly in solidarity with the unjustly-fired workers, the IWGB in their lawsuit against the company, and every worker at Rockstar and Take-Two. Aurelia A. President, UVW-CWA
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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gameworkers.co.uk
Unions ain't busted.

Our campaign against @rockstargames.com continues - reinstate your workers now!
Photo of Rockstar workers demonstrating outside of Rockstar North. Photo of Rockstar workers demonstrating outside of Rockstar North. Photo of Rockstar workers marching to Scottish Parliament.
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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gamedeveloper.bsky.social
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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gameworkersolidarity.com
#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
Workers at ZeniMax (owned by Microsoft) took one day of strike action over the outsourcing of quality assurance work, as well as opposing the return-to-office mandate. ZeniMax Workers United became the first union to form under the Microsoft banner in January 2023 when 300 workers voted in favour. It is estimated that hundreds of workers took part in the strike.
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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gibiz.bsky.social
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.
Workers and supporters including Green MSPs protesting outside Rockstar's Edinburgh offices.
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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leftistgamermemes.bsky.social
⏳️💰🪼
October 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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gameworkers.co.uk
“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!
chrisbratt.bsky.social Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · Nov 11
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
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November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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annamegill.com
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
chrisbratt.bsky.social Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · Nov 11
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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austinkelmore.com
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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gameworkers.co.uk
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...
actionnetwork.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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gameworkersolidarity.com
#OtD 6 Nov 2019 Launch of Game Workers Unite Portland https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2019-11-launch-game-workers-unite-portland
Workers in Portland formed a branch of Game Workers Unite and organised a physical meet up.
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM