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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 9h
#OtD 30 Sep 2009 Call for a Game Developers Guild www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
An article published by Tim Carter calling for a Game Developer Guild in response to issues in the games industry.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 28/09/2026
#OtD 28 Sep 2024 Boycott of Big Bad Con. www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
A group of campaigners under the name #BigBadBoycott highlighted how the Big Bad Con (a TTPRG convention) had been censoring anti-Zionist lanugage from event programming. After issuing an open letter, they successfully won the issuing of a "pro-Palestine values" statement by the convention organisers and suspended the boycott.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 26/09/2026
#OtD 26 Sep 2023 SAG-AFTRA workers vote for strike over the Interactive Media Agreement www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Members of the SAG-AFTRA (The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) vote 98.32% in favour of authorising a strike over the Interactive Media Agreement. 34,687 votes were cast, meaning there was a 27.47% turnout. The agreement covers Activision, Blindlight, Disney, Electronic Arts, Formosa Interactive, Insomniac Games, Epic Games, Take 2, VoiceWorks Productions, and WB Games. The negotiations have focused on including wages that keep up with inflation, protections around exploitative uses of artificial intelligence, and basic safety precautions.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 26/09/2026
#OtD 26 Sep 2023 Hex Workers United demands union recognition www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers at Hex & Company, a board game cafe chain in New York, publicly demanded union recognition. They are organising under the name Hex Workers United.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 23/09/2026
#OtD 23 Sep 2017 SAG-AFTRA strike ends with a deal www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
On the 23rd of September 2017, SAG-AFTRA reached an agreement with the employers. A new three-year contract was agreed with 90% approval on the 7th November 2017, in which employers had to provide further transparency for roles and address vocal stress issues.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 22/09/2026
#OtD 22 Sep 2022 Anemone Hug Interactive workers form union with IATSE in Canada www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers at Anemone Hug Interactive form a union as part of the Canadian animation guild IATSE Local 938.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 20/09/2026
#OtD 20 Sep 2019 Game workers in Korea organised a demonstration outside of the Smilegate offices www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers at Smilegate called a rally on the 20th of September in front of the company’s offices. They called for an end to job insecurity and improved communications with the union. The demonstration also marked the first anniversary of the union.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 18/09/2026
#OtD 18 Sep 2024 King Barcelona workers unionise. www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
A group of workers from the King Barcelona office unionised in collaboration with CSVI (Coordinadora Sindical del Videojuego) to fight for fair working conditions, layoffs, and a better future.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 18/09/2026
#OtD 18 Sep 2020 The Syndicate of Video Game Workers (STJV) publicly forms union sections at Dontnod Entertainment, Ankama, and Amplitude Studios in France www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
The STJV publicly announced the existence of union sections created by workers at Dontnod Entertainment, Ankama and Amplitude Studios. Some of these sections had been created as far as a year before, but kept a low profile.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 16/09/2026
#OtD 16 Sep 2020 The Syndicate of Video Game Workers (STJV) publicly forms a union section at Ubisoft Montpellier in France www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
STJV workers from Ubisoft Montpellier created a union section, a public legal body giving workers representation and communication power at the company.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 16/09/2026
#OtD 16 Sep 2021 Freelance workers at Paizo refuse new contracts until improvements made www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
40 Freelance workers at Paizo refuse to accept any new contracts until improvements were made at the company. On October 14th of the same year, they also added to their demands that the company recognize United Paizo Workers for the full-time workers.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 15/09/2026
#OtD 15 Sep 2020 The Syndicate of Video Game Workers (STJV) publicly forms a union section at Ubisoft Annecy in France www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
STJV workers from Ubisoft Annecy created a union section, a public legal body giving workers representation and communication power at the company.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 11/09/2026
#OtD 11 Sep 2017 Game workers form the Syndicate of Video Game Workers (or STJV) in France www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Game workers in France formed Le Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses du jeu vidéo (STJV, Union of Video Game Workers) on the 11th of September 2017. As they explained: “until now, there was no structure allowing workers in the video game industry to express themselves publicly and collectively. In such a situation, only the point of view of a small segment of the industry (eg publishers or employers) can be heard by society and by the government.”
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 10/09/2026
#OtD 10 Sep 2021 Workers at Activision Blizzard sue for labour violations www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
On behalf of workers at Activision Blizzard who participated in the A Better ABK campaign, CODE-CWA sues the company for labour violations and union busting.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 05/09/2026
#OtD 5 Sep 2018 Game developers at Smilegate announced the creation of a new union, SG Guild, part of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Game developers at Smilegate announced the creation of a new union, SG Guild, under the chemical, textile and food industry division of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the country’s second-largest umbrella union after the Federation of Korean Trade Unions. Workers at other subsidiaries of the Smilegate group - such as Smilegate Entertainment, Smilegate Megaport, Smilegate RPG and Smilegate Stove - can also join the union.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 04/09/2026
#OtD 4 Sep 2018 Launch of Game Workers Unite Boston www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers in Boston formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 03/09/2026
#OtD 3 Sep 2019 Launch of Game Workers Unite Ireland www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers in Ireland formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 03/09/2026
#OtD 3 Sep 2019 600 workers in Korea organised a protest outside of Nexon’s offices to make demands and mark the first year of the union www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers at Nexon organised a protest on the 3rd of September outside of Nexon’s offices. 600 workers joined the demonstration that marked the first year of the union. Workers made the following demands: “Stop making excuses for reorganization. Ensure job security. We cannot endure disorganization without countermeasures.” They called for the company to engage with them over the cancelling and suspending of projects.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 03/09/2026
#OtD 3 Sep 2018 Workers at Nexon, the second-largest game developer in Korea, formed a union called Nexon Starting Point www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers at Nexon, the second-largest game developer in Korea, formed a union called Nexon Starting Point. Over 300 workers joined the union created to scrap a so-called inclusive wage system and improve a poor working environment. It covers Nexon workers, as well as those at the affiliates Nexon Networks Corp., Neople, and Nexon Red. The company announced it respects the establishment of the union.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 01/09/2026
#OtD 1 Sep 2021 Twitch streamers take day off in protest against Twitch's handling of hate raids www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Twitch streamers take #ADayOffTwitch to highlight how marginalized streamers have faced repeated hate raids and that Amazon has not taken meaningful actions to address the abuse.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 28/08/2026
#OtD 28 Aug 2019 Voice Actor Union wins agreement to use union only actors with Nintendo for Dragalia Lost www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
The British Columbia branch of ACTRA reaches an agreement with Nintendo to only use Voice Actors from the union. Some union voice actors were previously contracting with the company in violation of the rules of the union.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 23/08/2026
#OtD 23 Aug 2021 Twitch Blackout (Apagão da Twitch) organised in Brazil in response to changes in subscriptions policy, following the formation of the Streamers Union www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
The Twitch Blackout was a movement of streamers (small and medium) and spectators of Amazon's streaming service, Twitch.tv. The mobilization arose as a reaction organized by a group of people opposed to a global change in the subscription policy of viewers to match local currencies, announced in May 2021 and implemented in Latin America on July 27 the same year by the platform. The campaign also appeared as a more forceful response to the lack of politicization by the Streamers Union, created two weeks earlier. 30 major streamers with followers counts between 18k and 500k presented themselves as leaders and major figures in the movement. 

The movement was a response to a very significative action of the platform in Brazil, which reduced the transfer of the values referring to the viewers' subscriptions, due to two factors: first, converting the values that were paid in dollars to the local currency (BRL), and then reducing the percentage actually received by streamers, of each subscription.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 19/08/2026
#OtD 19 Aug 2024 Ver.di-GDRT Formulates Demands for Fair Conditions in the Games Industry. www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
During devcom and gamescom 2024, the largest games fair in Europe, ver.di-GDRT (Game Dev Roundtable) published a list of six demands for a better games industry. These demands were collectively discussed among game workers and were selected after the results of a nation-wide survey. This was a call for action, and the beginning of a long due collective discussion between workers and company owners. The ver.di-GDRT continues growing and helping workers get organized in their workplace, no matter the size of the studio. Some more works councils have been founded since.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 17/08/2026
#OtD 17 Aug 2023 Workers at Corsair form union with Teamsters www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers at Corsair Gaming Inc. in Duluth, Georgia file for a union with the Teamsters. The 72 eligible workers cover both production and logistics at the gaming hardware company. This is the first example of hardware workers in the US unionising in the current wave of organising
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 17/08/2026
#OtD 17 Aug 2023 Workinman Interactive Workers Unite www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers at Workinman Interactive are unionizing with the backing of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). This is the first union dedicated specifically to video game workers under IATSE in the US. Following a supermajority of workers signing cards indicating their collective desire to join together, IATSE filed a **[petition for representation election](https://www.nlrb.gov/reports/nlrb-case-activity-reports/representation-cases/intake/representation-petitions-rc)** with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).  They will vote for their union in a hybrid election, with in-person voting being held on September 12th, and a mail-in ballot period ending on September 26th.  The votes will be counted on September 27th.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 15/08/2026
#OtD 15 Aug 2018 Launch of Game Workers Unite Dallas www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers in Dallas, Texas formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 09/08/2026
#OtD 9 Aug 2024 Workers at Techland unionise. www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers employed at Techland have joined Polish Gamedev Workers Union. Technland is the second largest triple A video game studio in Poland in terms of market capitalization after CD Project Red, and is responsible for the development of games like Dying Light and Call of Juarez.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 07/08/2026
#OtD 7 Aug 2024 Equity sets recommended minimum rates for video game workers as part of Game On! campaign. www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
For the first time, the actors union Equity, sets recommended minimum rates for workers in the games industry. As part of the Game On! campaign, this is intended to be part of the fight for better pay, terms, and conditions.

The rates are intended to be used at AAA game companies. They include minimum fees for voiceover per hour, motion and performance capture per day, promotion work per hour, overtime per 30 minutes after wrap time, and other rates.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 03/08/2026
#OtD 3 Aug 2020 Blizzard workers launched anonymous wage spreadsheet in response to wage disparity. www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers at Blizzard Entertainment circulated a spreadsheet to anonymously share salaries and pay increases. The action started in response to a 2019 internal survey that found over half of workers were unhappy with their pay. In the same year, the Chief Executive Officer of Blizzard Activision, Bobby Kotick, received $40 million in compensation. When the promised action from the company did not address the wage disparity, workers launched the spreadsheet.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 29/07/2026
#OtD 29 Jul 2024 Electronic Arts Spain Workers Unionise www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
A union section has been formed at Electronic Arts in collaboration with CSVI (Coordinadora Sindical del Videojuego).

Workers have formed a section that is a horizontal organisational space with the aim of defending their rights, improving wage conditions and job stability, while fighting together to protect themselves against possible future layoffs, whether due to the rise of new technologies or unnecessary cutbacks.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 28/07/2026
#OtD 28 Jul 2022 Strike disrupts Overwatch Contenders EU broadcast www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Two teams, Ex Oblivione and 01\_Esports, went on strike during the lower final match of the Overwatch Contenders 2022 Summer Series: A-Sides tournament. 01\_Esports had been negatively affected by an administrative call in the previous match, with confusion over the format and number of match wins. Ex Oblivione put out a statement following the refusal to compete.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 28/07/2026
#OtD 28 Jul 2021 Ubisoft workers publish open letter in support of Activision Blizzard worker walkout www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Over 1,000 current and former Ubisoft workers signed an open letter in solidarity with Activision Blizzard workers taking part in a walkout. The letter also demands Ubisoft management bring workers into the decision making process for how to handle the abuse and harassment revelations at the company in 2020. The workers call on Ubisoft, ABK and other comapnies to create industry standard practices around harassment and abuse. This is the first action from the A Better Ubisoft group.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 28/07/2026
#OtD 28 Jul 2018 Launch of Game Workers Unite Vancouver www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers in Vancouver formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 27/07/2026
#OtD 27 Jul 2018 Launch of Game Workers Unite New York City www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers in New York City formed a branch of Game Workers Unite.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 26/07/2026
#OtD 26 Jul 2024 SAG-AFTRA game worker members go on strike www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
SAG-AFTRA called a strike following a year and half negotiations ending without a deal. The union was bargaining over the new [Tiered-Budget Independent Interactive Media Agreement](https://www.sagaftra.org/production-center/contract/820/getting-started), the[ Interim Interactive Media Agreement or the Interim Interactive Localization Agreement](https://www.sagaftra.org/contracts-industry-resources/contracts/video-game-strike/video-game-strike-interim-agreements) that would have offered agreements offer critical AI protections for members. Workers had previously voted 98.32% in favour of striking over the agreements.

As Fran Drescher, the SAG-AFTRA president explained, "We’re not going to consent to a contract that allows companies to abuse A.I. to the detriment of our members. Enough is enough. When these companies get serious about offering an agreement our members can live — and work — with, we will be here, ready to negotiate"
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 26/07/2026
#OtD 26 Jul 2023 Workers protest at Kakao over layoffs www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Unionised workers at Kakao held a protest outside the companies headquarters. 200 workers took part and demanded apologies from senior management over layoffs. The restructuring also effected Kakao entertainment and XL Games.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 26/07/2026
#OtD 26 Jul 2021 Workers at Activision Blizzard launch open letter supporting lawsuit against sexual harassment www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
More than 2,000 current and former workers at Activision Blizzard signed an open letter criticising the companies response to the recent sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 25/07/2026
#OtD 25 Jul 2024 500 World of Warcraft workers form wall-to-wall union www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
500 developers formed the World of Warcraft Gamemaker's Guild, part of CWA. This wall-to-wall union covers designers, engineers, artists, and producers in California and Massachusetts. It is the second biggest union at Microsoft, following the unionisation of QA workers at Activision Blizzard. The unionisation follows walkouts in 2021.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 24/07/2026
#OtD 24 Jul 2024 Workers at The Game Kitchen Unionise www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
A union section has been formed by workers at The Game Kitchen by CGT in collaboration with CSVI (Coordinadora Sindical del Videojuego).

This section is a horizontal organisational space that aims to give voice to workers, with the aim of defending workers' rights, creating proposals and seeing themselves represented in decision making processes.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 24/07/2026
#OtD 24 Jul 2024 Ubisoft Barcelona Workers Unionise www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers at Ubisoft in Barcelona unionised with support from CSVI (Coordinadora Sindical del Videojuego). They are campaigning for fairer wages, decent conditions, a better future and, moreover, a better present.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 23/07/2026
#OtD 23 Jul 2021 Games journalists pause coverage of Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
The Gamer, GameXplain, and Prima Games put out statements that they would be ending or pausing reporting on content from Activision Blizzard or Ubisoft until action is taken on sexual harassment. Prima Games explained: "In light of recent reports regarding allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination at Activision, Blizzard, and Ubisoft, Prima Games is putting a hard pause on coverage of all Activision, Blizzard, and Ubisoft content until further notice." Similarly, GameXplain stated: "In light of the horrific sexual harassment allegations brought against Activision Blizzard, we are suspending any and all coverage of Activision Blizzard games for the remainder of the year, and perhaps indefinitely, until the work culture has been demonstrably improved."
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 23/07/2026
#OtD 23 Jul 2021 Work stoppage and public statements in response to sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
At least 20 workers at Activision Blizzard spoke out online after the company put out a statement responding to the sexual harassment lawsuit filed the day before. In addition, some World of Warcraft developers stopped work "in solidarity with the women that came forward."
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 22/07/2026
#OtD 22 Jul 2022 Workers at Tender Claws unionise with CWA www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Workers at the art and games studio Tender Claws voted 100% to form a union with CWA. Management at Tender Claws agreed to sign the voluntary recognition agreement, making it the 4th videogame company in North America to have a recognised union.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 22/07/2026
#OtD 22 Jul 2021 Lawsuit filed against Activision Blizzard for discrimination and sexual harrassment www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
A lawsuit was filed in California against Activision Blizzard which included claims that workers have faced "constant sexual harassment, including groping, comments, and advances" involving a "frat boy workplace culture." There was a case of suicide which has been connected to the harassment at the company. The lawsuit follows a two year investigation, with multiple examples and complaints. It noted that women of color were "particularly vulnerable targets."
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 22/07/2026
#OtD 22 Jul 2020 Solidaires Informatique launch collective lawsuit against Ubisoft www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
The French trade union Solidaires Informatique put out a public call for a collective lawsuit at Ubisoft. Following abuse and harassment allegations at the company, the union is asking workers to come forward to be part of the lawsuit.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 19/07/2026
#OtD 19 Jul 2024 Bethesda Game Studios Unionise with 241 workers joining CODE CWA. This is the first wall-to-wall union at Microsoft and it was recognised immediately as they'd signed a union neutrality agreement. www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
A majority of 241 workers at Bethesda Game Studios vote to form a union with CODE CWA. Bethesda is part of Microsoft, which has signed a union neutrality agreement, so the union was immediately recognised.

This is the first wall-to-wall union at Microsoft, which includes everyone at a location whereas the other unions at microsoft focused on a specific discipline like QA.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 19/07/2026
#OtD 19 Jul 2022 Activision Blizzard QA workers form a union in Albany, New York www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Quality Assurance workers at Activision Blizzard who are located in Albany, New York vote to form a union with CODE-CWA. This is the second QA union to form at Activision Blizzard in the USA.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 15/07/2026
#OtD 15 Jul 2021 Solidaires Informatique sues Ubisoft for institutional sexual harassment www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
Solidaires Informatique sues Ubisoft for institutional sexual harassment on behalf of workers at Ubisoft. The complaints target the Ubisoft group as a legal person and several members of the leadership. The union is asking all people who have been victims of the Ubisoft group to join in on this collective action. They're calling on everyone interested (unionised or not) to contact them, whether to testify or to file a complaint.
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 15/07/2026
#OtD 15 Jul 2019 Twitch streamers boycott platform in support of striking Amazon workers www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
On Amazon’s “Prime Day” workers in Germany and Minnesota, USA took strike action. Some videogame streamers on Twitch (which is owned by Amazon) boycotted the platform for the two days.
As Adam “Yoman5” Hernandez, a competitive Magic: The Gathering Streamer, explained to Kotaku: “I think it’s really simple to show solidarity to people who have it hard … A boycott in solidarity with the strike can hit Amazon in the only place they care: sales numbers.” Similarly, Josh Boykin explained: “Amazon workers have striked many times beyond Prime Day, but taking these two days off in particular helps give more attention to their collective action and is a small way I can help raise awareness to their efforts.”
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Game Worker Solidarity @gameworkersolidarity.com · 15/07/2026
#OtD 15 Jul 2020 Writers for Voltage's Lovestruck win 21 day strike www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action…
A group of freelance workers involved with Lovestruck launched a strike at Voltage USA. The 21 writers formed Voltage Organized Workers and organised the strike. The workers, many of whom were members of marginalized genders and/or sexualities, were being made much less than industry standards on tight timelines. They demanded that Voltage USA recognise them and meet demands around better working conditions, greater transparency, and increased protections. The strike raised almost US$9,000 in donations and the petition was signed by 4,000 supporters. The 21-day strike was the successful game workers strike, resulting in pay increases (78% on average – with the largest individual pay rise of 94%) and improved transparency.
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