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Organization de travailleu·ses·rs de l'industrie du jeu vidéo à Montréal. Building community and organizing workers.
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Demande d'adhésion pour G.W.U Montréal // G.W.U. Montréal Membership Application
Ceci est un formulaire de demande d'adhésion pour Game Workers Unite Montréal, une organisation de travailleu·se·rs démocratique vouée à promouvoir les droits des travailleu·se·rs et la syndicalisatio...
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Veux-tu bâtir une meilleure industrie du jeu vidéo & apprendre plus sur notre pouvoir collectif en tant que travailleu·se·rs? Rejoins nous! / Do you want to build a better game industry & learn more about our collective power as workers? Join the movement! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Rockstar: tries to bust unions🦹♀️
Us: Hold my controller 🎮🔥🔥
We're fighting back 💥💥
IWGB organized a protest in front of the @rockstargames.com parent company Take-Two Interactive in London today
We'll make sure the credits are rolling on their corporate greed ❌️
@gameworkers.co.uk
Us: Hold my controller 🎮🔥🔥
We're fighting back 💥💥
IWGB organized a protest in front of the @rockstargames.com parent company Take-Two Interactive in London today
We'll make sure the credits are rolling on their corporate greed ❌️
@gameworkers.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Rockstar: tries to bust unions🦹♀️
Us: Hold my controller 🎮🔥🔥
We're fighting back 💥💥
IWGB organized a protest in front of the @rockstargames.com parent company Take-Two Interactive in London today
We'll make sure the credits are rolling on their corporate greed ❌️
@gameworkers.co.uk
Us: Hold my controller 🎮🔥🔥
We're fighting back 💥💥
IWGB organized a protest in front of the @rockstargames.com parent company Take-Two Interactive in London today
We'll make sure the credits are rolling on their corporate greed ❌️
@gameworkers.co.uk
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Please read our statement regarding the proposed Electronic Arts buyout. We refuse to let corporate greed decide the future of our industry.
cwa-union.org/news/release...
cwa-union.org/news/release...
October 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Please read our statement regarding the proposed Electronic Arts buyout. We refuse to let corporate greed decide the future of our industry.
cwa-union.org/news/release...
cwa-union.org/news/release...
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This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
Les travailleureuses du CTIJ-GWU Montréal expriment leur solidarité avec les devs et ex-devs de Build A Rocket Boy, et un soutien total dans leurs efforts pour obtenir la rémunération qu'iels méritent et un environnement de travail plus sain!
An excellent article from the BBC on the situation at Build A Rocket Boy. IWGB Game Workers stand shoulder to shoulder with Ben, Isaac, and Marg, who have demonstrated enormous courage in speaking out against corporate mismanagement. This is what solidarity looks like.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MindsEye: How ex-Grand Theft Auto boss’s grand vision became a £200m flop
Lesley Benzies was one of the architects behind one of the most successful video games in history.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Les travailleureuses du CTIJ-GWU Montréal expriment leur solidarité avec les devs et ex-devs de Build A Rocket Boy, et un soutien total dans leurs efforts pour obtenir la rémunération qu'iels méritent et un environnement de travail plus sain!
GWU Montréal stands in solidarity with the current and former devs of Build A Rocket Boy and fully supports their efforts to be properly compensated and create a healthier work environment!
An excellent article from the BBC on the situation at Build A Rocket Boy. IWGB Game Workers stand shoulder to shoulder with Ben, Isaac, and Marg, who have demonstrated enormous courage in speaking out against corporate mismanagement. This is what solidarity looks like.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MindsEye: How ex-Grand Theft Auto boss’s grand vision became a £200m flop
Lesley Benzies was one of the architects behind one of the most successful video games in history.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
GWU Montréal stands in solidarity with the current and former devs of Build A Rocket Boy and fully supports their efforts to be properly compensated and create a healthier work environment!
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Today, nearly 400 workers with Blizzard's Platform & Technology department have formed a union with @cwaunion.bsky.social!
“We are forming a union to hold leadership accountable and to ensure that we can focus on building amazing experiences for the gaming community.” 💪
“We are forming a union to hold leadership accountable and to ensure that we can focus on building amazing experiences for the gaming community.” 💪
Activision Blizzard’s Platform and Technology Workers Form Union with Communications Workers of America
Today, nearly 400 video game workers within Blizzard’s Platform & Technology department have voted strongly in favor of union representation with CWA.
cwa-union.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today, nearly 400 workers with Blizzard's Platform & Technology department have formed a union with @cwaunion.bsky.social!
“We are forming a union to hold leadership accountable and to ensure that we can focus on building amazing experiences for the gaming community.” 💪
“We are forming a union to hold leadership accountable and to ensure that we can focus on building amazing experiences for the gaming community.” 💪
La conférence QGCon arrive! Venez voir notre présentation (en anglais) GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU samedi 26 à 14h dans l'auditorium pour apprendre pourquoi les travailleureuses queer doivent se lancer dans l'aventure syndicale dès maintenant! bsky.app/profile/qgco...
Please have a look at our schedule for #QGcon including our streaming sessions, which will be on our discord!
September 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
La conférence QGCon arrive! Venez voir notre présentation (en anglais) GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU samedi 26 à 14h dans l'auditorium pour apprendre pourquoi les travailleureuses queer doivent se lancer dans l'aventure syndicale dès maintenant! bsky.app/profile/qgco...
QGCon is coming in just over a week! Come to our talk GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU on Saturday 26th at 2pm in the auditorium to learn about why you (gay) should unionize, now! bsky.app/profile/qgco...
Please have a look at our schedule for #QGcon including our streaming sessions, which will be on our discord!
September 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
QGCon is coming in just over a week! Come to our talk GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU on Saturday 26th at 2pm in the auditorium to learn about why you (gay) should unionize, now! bsky.app/profile/qgco...
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BREAKING: Over 450 game developers behind hit video-game series Diablo have joined CWA, joining the historic fight for a better video game industry.
Hail to you, union champions 💪
Hail to you, union champions 💪
Hundreds of Diablo Game Developers Join Communications Workers of America
Today, over 450 game developers behind the popular video game series Diablo have voted strongly in favor of union representation with CWA.
cwa-union.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
BREAKING: Over 450 game developers behind hit video-game series Diablo have joined CWA, joining the historic fight for a better video game industry.
Hail to you, union champions 💪
Hail to you, union champions 💪
Attending the 2025 Queerness and Games Conference? Join GWU Montréal members September 26-28 at our booth in the arcade and come along for our talk:
GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU 🫵
www.qgcon.org/2025/
GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU 🫵
www.qgcon.org/2025/
August 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Attending the 2025 Queerness and Games Conference? Join GWU Montréal members September 26-28 at our booth in the arcade and come along for our talk:
GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU 🫵
www.qgcon.org/2025/
GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU 🫵
www.qgcon.org/2025/
Tu participes à la conférence Queerness and Games? Retrouve les membres du CTIJ-GWU Montréal les 26-28 Septembre à l'arcade et viens assister à notre présentation (en anglais):
GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU 🫵
www.qgcon.org/2025/
GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU 🫵
www.qgcon.org/2025/
August 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Tu participes à la conférence Queerness and Games? Retrouve les membres du CTIJ-GWU Montréal les 26-28 Septembre à l'arcade et viens assister à notre présentation (en anglais):
GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU 🫵
www.qgcon.org/2025/
GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU 🫵
www.qgcon.org/2025/
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Help create the future of the games industry! On 8/20, workers will be coming together to draft a Game Workers' Bill of Rights. All game workers are welcome — union members or not. Sign up here: uvw-cwa.org/townhall-reg...
August 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Help create the future of the games industry! On 8/20, workers will be coming together to draft a Game Workers' Bill of Rights. All game workers are welcome — union members or not. Sign up here: uvw-cwa.org/townhall-reg...
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NEW: 180 Blizzard workers just unionized today.
August 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
NEW: 180 Blizzard workers just unionized today.
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🇵🇸 Arkane Studios’ STJV section joins @bdsmovement.bsky.social and No Azure for Apartheid in asking Microsoft to terminate all contrats with the Israeli Occupation Forces that facilitate their genocidal policies.
www.stjv.fr/en/2025/...
www.stjv.fr/en/2025/...
Open letter from the Arkan Studios union section to Microsoft’s and its subsidiaries’ management – STJV
Introduction This letter is addressed to our direction at Arkane Studios, as well as the entities above, being the heads of Zenimax, Microsoft Gaming and the ov
www.stjv.fr
August 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🇵🇸 Arkane Studios’ STJV section joins @bdsmovement.bsky.social and No Azure for Apartheid in asking Microsoft to terminate all contrats with the Israeli Occupation Forces that facilitate their genocidal policies.
www.stjv.fr/en/2025/...
www.stjv.fr/en/2025/...
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NEW: Call of Duty workers just voted to ratify their first union contract with Microsoft, marking the end of nearly 3 years of negotiations. The two bargaining members speak to me about everything that went into it, and where they go from here. shannonliao.substack.com/p/3-years-la...
3 years later... they won
Call of Duty Workers Win 3-Year Battle For Microsoft Union Contract, Worker Goes On The Record For The First Time
shannonliao.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
NEW: Call of Duty workers just voted to ratify their first union contract with Microsoft, marking the end of nearly 3 years of negotiations. The two bargaining members speak to me about everything that went into it, and where they go from here. shannonliao.substack.com/p/3-years-la...
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An update: management has chosen not to recognize our Product, Engineering, and Humble Bundle colleagues as part of IGNCG, instead insisting on a time-consuming NLRB hearing, which took place last week.
Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.
Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.
It’s been-
One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild.
The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!
One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild.
The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!
July 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
An update: management has chosen not to recognize our Product, Engineering, and Humble Bundle colleagues as part of IGNCG, instead insisting on a time-consuming NLRB hearing, which took place last week.
Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.
Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.
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Xbox laid off 9000 people last week, including DevQA from Bethesda Games Studios. Many more were cut from Zenimax QA proper.
At Zenimax Online Studios many are now without a project & in "decisional bargaining" to see what happens next.
We’re here to share our grief & support for our friends 🤍
At Zenimax Online Studios many are now without a project & in "decisional bargaining" to see what happens next.
We’re here to share our grief & support for our friends 🤍
July 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Xbox laid off 9000 people last week, including DevQA from Bethesda Games Studios. Many more were cut from Zenimax QA proper.
At Zenimax Online Studios many are now without a project & in "decisional bargaining" to see what happens next.
We’re here to share our grief & support for our friends 🤍
At Zenimax Online Studios many are now without a project & in "decisional bargaining" to see what happens next.
We’re here to share our grief & support for our friends 🤍
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🇬🇧 Don’t Nod Montréal: we have been informed of the lay-offs of 9 colleagues and the "temporary suspension" of 7 others in order to "reduce costs across the group". We support the colleagues affected. The STJV strongly condemns Oskar Guilbert’s catastrophic management of the company.
Don’t Nod Montréal : nous apprenons le licenciement de 9 collègues et la "suspension temporaire" de 7 emplois dans un but de "réduction des coûts à l’échelle du groupe". Soutien aux collègues affecté·es. Le STJV condamne fermement la gestion catastrophique de l’entreprise par Oskar Guilbert.
June 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🇬🇧 Don’t Nod Montréal: we have been informed of the lay-offs of 9 colleagues and the "temporary suspension" of 7 others in order to "reduce costs across the group". We support the colleagues affected. The STJV strongly condemns Oskar Guilbert’s catastrophic management of the company.
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Don’t Nod Montréal : nous apprenons le licenciement de 9 collègues et la "suspension temporaire" de 7 emplois dans un but de "réduction des coûts à l’échelle du groupe". Soutien aux collègues affecté·es. Le STJV condamne fermement la gestion catastrophique de l’entreprise par Oskar Guilbert.
June 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Don’t Nod Montréal : nous apprenons le licenciement de 9 collègues et la "suspension temporaire" de 7 emplois dans un but de "réduction des coûts à l’échelle du groupe". Soutien aux collègues affecté·es. Le STJV condamne fermement la gestion catastrophique de l’entreprise par Oskar Guilbert.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 27th at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT
UVW-CWA invites all workers in the the videogame industry to talk about the change we need today!
Join us to celebrate labor victories and chart the future of our movement! RSVP below, and reply with what YOU'D like to see on the GAME WORKERS' BILL OF RIGHTS!
UVW-CWA invites all workers in the the videogame industry to talk about the change we need today!
Join us to celebrate labor victories and chart the future of our movement! RSVP below, and reply with what YOU'D like to see on the GAME WORKERS' BILL OF RIGHTS!
Change for Games: WE are the games industry!
As thousands convene for the Games for Change conference in NYC, UVW-CWA invites all workers in the the videogame industry to talk about the change we need today as workers, and what we win when we or...
actionnetwork.org
June 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
FRIDAY, JUNE 27th at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT
UVW-CWA invites all workers in the the videogame industry to talk about the change we need today!
Join us to celebrate labor victories and chart the future of our movement! RSVP below, and reply with what YOU'D like to see on the GAME WORKERS' BILL OF RIGHTS!
UVW-CWA invites all workers in the the videogame industry to talk about the change we need today!
Join us to celebrate labor victories and chart the future of our movement! RSVP below, and reply with what YOU'D like to see on the GAME WORKERS' BILL OF RIGHTS!
Earlier this week, the workers of Ubisoft Halifax filed to unionize! Read their letter in which they explain why now is the time to get together as coworkers, and give them all your support for the upcoming vote at the Nova Scotia labour board! cwacanada.ca/2025/06/18/g...
Game workers at Ubisoft Halifax file to unionize with CWA Canada
HALIFAX (June 18, 2025) – Workers at video game company Ubisoft in Halifax have filed to unionize with media union CWA Canada. The union filed with the Nova Scotia Labour Board today after a m…
cwacanada.ca
June 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Earlier this week, the workers of Ubisoft Halifax filed to unionize! Read their letter in which they explain why now is the time to get together as coworkers, and give them all your support for the upcoming vote at the Nova Scotia labour board! cwacanada.ca/2025/06/18/g...
Cette semaine, les travailleu·se·rs d'Ubisoft à Halifax ont déposé leur application pour se syndiquer! Lisez leurs motivations pour s'organiser entre collègues, et apportez-leur votre soutien pour le vote à venir au tribunal du travail de Nouvelle Écosse! cwacanada.ca/2025/06/18/g...
Game workers at Ubisoft Halifax file to unionize with CWA Canada
HALIFAX (June 18, 2025) – Workers at video game company Ubisoft in Halifax have filed to unionize with media union CWA Canada. The union filed with the Nova Scotia Labour Board today after a m…
cwacanada.ca
June 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Cette semaine, les travailleu·se·rs d'Ubisoft à Halifax ont déposé leur application pour se syndiquer! Lisez leurs motivations pour s'organiser entre collègues, et apportez-leur votre soutien pour le vote à venir au tribunal du travail de Nouvelle Écosse! cwacanada.ca/2025/06/18/g...
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'Creativity flourishes when workers feel secure:' Ubisoft Halifax workers file to unionize
"With no end in sight to the industry-wide turbulence that sees studios shutter on releasing games fans love, it is up to us, the workers, to organize and demand a say in our labour, art and future."
"With no end in sight to the industry-wide turbulence that sees studios shutter on releasing games fans love, it is up to us, the workers, to organize and demand a say in our labour, art and future."
'Creativity flourishes when workers feel secure:' Ubisoft Halifax workers file to unionize
'It is up to us, the workers, to organize and demand a say in our labor, art and future.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
'Creativity flourishes when workers feel secure:' Ubisoft Halifax workers file to unionize
"With no end in sight to the industry-wide turbulence that sees studios shutter on releasing games fans love, it is up to us, the workers, to organize and demand a say in our labour, art and future."
"With no end in sight to the industry-wide turbulence that sees studios shutter on releasing games fans love, it is up to us, the workers, to organize and demand a say in our labour, art and future."
See you tonight! À ce soir!
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June 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
See you tonight! À ce soir!