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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today marks the public launch of the Ubisoft Workers of Montreal (UWM) campaign, with a first action: a petition to preserve hybrid work. Every Ubisoft Montreal employee is invited to sign the petition and every supporter encouraged to reach out to their network to encourage them to sign!
Poster from Ubisoft Workers of Montréal on a pole, with a link to a petition, and text reading "we made our mark from a distance - preserve hybrid work"
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Montréal, Quebec - Bethesda Games Studio Montréal 12:30 PM ET actionnetwork.org/events/save-...
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Save Our Devs March - Montreal
Microsoft and ZeniMax leadership have made the devastating decision to slash over 440 positions across BGS, ZOS, id, ZWU(QA) and ZeniMax corporate(including CTO and CSUR). Because we organized and cer...
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The bosses are stealing our game industry, and we aim to take it back! We’re calling game workers, allies, and fans alike to join emergency rallies on WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th! Check this thread for times and locations as they’re established: 🧵
An illustration, done in a flat graphic style depicting a menacing executive with a sickly smile, towering over scores of downtrodden workers carrying boxes of their belongings out of frame. Below, a call to action:

SAVE OUR DEVS
JULY 15 - Rallies across US & Canada
END MASS LAYOFFS NOW

Dallas, Texas (Richardson) - Id Software
Austin, Texas - Id Software
Montréal, Quebec - Bethesda Games Studio Montréal
Rockville, Maryland - Bethesda Softworks
Irvine, California - Obsidian Entertainment
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
My contract is extended, but it will not pay out for another 30 days. Im waiting on arranging some refunds but mentally and physically I am barely managing. Thank-you for any help. ko-fi.com/vladadraws/g...
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
My contract is extended, but it will not pay out for another 30 days. Im waiting on arranging some refunds but mentally and physically I am barely managing. Thank-you for any help. ko-fi.com/vladadraws/g...
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Game workers across the continent are organizing and winning. Come hear how. ✊🎮 "Fight and Ye Shall Receive: How Game Worker Unions Win!" A panel at #TorontoGamesWeek 📅 Sat. June 13th @ 1pm 📍 TacoTaco Q&A + mixer with snacks to follow → tinyurl.com/cwa-uvw-tgw-...
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Toronto Games Week — June 11–17, 2026
A week-long celebration of playful arts and games culture in Toronto, Canada. June 11–17, 2026.
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
mfw I'm laid off and get sent a webpage with the suicide crisis hotline on it (instead of a job)
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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I have a few more digital spots open because I have hella hospital bills to pay. I can’t handle any more physical work for a long while. I’m tired.
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
You can't both advocate for unionization and then act like a good indie boss is all you need for things to be fine, come the fuck on, be serious. Small companies famously play fast and loose with labor law or just don't have employees, meaning workers have way fewer rights and you're back to faith
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Every time I see someone oversimplify things as Indie Good AAA Bad I wish people remembered that big studios typically behave a lot more like ordinary workplaces, for better and worse. E.g. no shade on Strange Scaffold, but a recent post said "everyone is hourly". Do you REALIZE what that means?
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Game Workers Conference @gameworkerscon.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
TALK ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Emma Kinema & Carolyn Jong This session dives into how fascism takes root in games, how bosses have benefitted from harassment campaigns led by gaming audiences, and what what we can all collectively do to combat the rise of fascism in our industry.
Game Workers Conference May 22 - May 23, 2026 
Building Better Worlds: Fighting
Fascism in Games With Solidarity
Emma Kinema & Carolyn Jong
(with special thanks to Zoë Quinn)
gameworkersconference.org
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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Reminder that the Montreal Watch Party is just one week away! We’re excited to welcome fellow workers from across the Montreal games industry! Free food, drinks, and swag provided! RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/soire...
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Soirée de Visionnage - Montréal Watch Party
The Game Workers Conference is an entirely new game industry event made by and for the countless workers who make this massively influential industry and artistic medium succeed. Come join your fellow...
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they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
They’re putting ads in marriage proposals now. Suicide notes brought to you by Eli Lilly. I’m so sorry for your loss, which could’ve been prevented by Home Depot’s new shake-proof ladder, available in stores now. Police are asking the public to remain alert and try Wendy’s new triple-bacon sliders.
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Years of this, man. Anyway we persist but is there any wonder why im perpetually burnt out now lol
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
You should absolutely be organizing, don't start folding the basic fucking decencies you still have for the sake of peace of mind. That shiphas SAILED. THEY WANT US DEAD.
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
And you know what will be next? Permanent employment of any kind. Basic benefits. Promotion paths. Healthcare. Oh wait, they are already slashing it.
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Sorry to be a huge fucking doomer and come back to post with this but in nearly every workplace I speak to right now it is very clear that this is a battle we lost. The ONLY places that are able to negotiate AI policy have union contracts.
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I'm gonna be so real with you: we needed to unionize about AI three years ago. But shaming companies worked, right? Individually refusing it worked, right? Posting on Twitter worked, right?
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C ✊ UVW-CWA @ckjong.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Note that the workers who made Beast Breaker ARE getting rev-share on sales of the game on Steam, even though the studio shut down. Why? Because we had a union, and we negotiated for it.
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Joachim ✊️ UVW-CWA @jdespland.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This Chet Faliszek guy who keeps concern trolling about the union's "messaging" is a CEO and an employer btw. He's doing the thing where he pretends to speak for "game developers" as a whole as if the difference between bosses and workers doesn't matter, but it's 2026 nobody buys this shit anymore
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Regressor @the-regressor.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Longtime college friend of mine, Mike Prinke, was among those laid off at Epic Games: he has been fighting terminal brain cancer, and now he, his wife, and kid, have no income or health insurance. Sharing here in hopes it can reach the right people on their behalf. #epicgames
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Hey folks, due to recent travel/org stuff, I am having trouble covering our electro bills and could use your help Sorry to be posting again, contracts won't pay out for another month and it has been hairy ko-fi.com/vladadraws
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 18/03/2026
GDC was defined by anxiety about the future of the games industry and America, even if big companies didn't want to acknowledge it aftermath.site/gdc-2026-xbox-...
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Between Two Fires
A sketchbook page done in pen and ink, depicting a knight in a coin, a girl with her eyes closed a horse with a skull for a head and a river-monster wyrm
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Between Two Fires
A sketchbook page done in pen and ink, depicting a knight in a coin, a girl with her eyes closed a horse with a skull for a head and a river-monster wyrm
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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.plus · 15/03/2026
the centre of GL and BL in the western hemisphere is latin america and also montreal, quebec for some reason
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
That's because QC is Latin American actually
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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
My painting PACIFIC COAST
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I don't think it's a coincidence that Karl Marx died on Homestuck day. Astro girlies, confirm this.
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Badger Atack @badgertracks.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
wwwww i d eeeeeee But in that sort of anamorphic style
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Anna Krasner | Wishlist Uncanyon @slothysunday.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The difference between tech and activism is that tech is beset by the newborn nightmare technology "generative ai", while activism is completely dependent on using the ancient nightmare technology, the "phone call"
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
me after a week of gdc
[every bone in my body cracks as I rise from my chair] yes I would like to party
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Ty 💀 @tys.work · 25/02/2026
Send my upcoming GDC talk to your favorite small indie studio boss who is feeling guilty about exploiting their workers and tell them they can convert the studio to a co-op- schedule.gdconf.com/session/co-o...
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Co-Ops Are the Future: A Step-by-Step Guide to Founding Your Own Worker Cooperative Game Studio | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming
This session offers a practical guide to founding and running a worker cooperative game studio, with insights for both U.S. and international developers. Presenters will walk attendees through key ope...
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Joachim ✊️ UVW-CWA @jdespland.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
This should be at the center of the AI discourse
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
There is a future to build, and it's built through struggle. Hope cannot exist without fear sinking in first, and hope is nourished through solidarity. Fear can be shared and weathered through work. Join a fight worth struggling for. uvw-cwa.org/membership
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Moving people into action is literally my job, and it has been both easier and harder than before. I don't control the part of you which finally grasps at reality of a future which will not happen unless you start to take action. Now.
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Something I have noticed while talking with people at GDC: A lot of people are worried about the state of the industry and its conditions, but a lot of them will not move. We are running out of time. We ARE out of time. Is this what scares you?
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Confessions of a Union Buster.
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Kevin Maxon @sonofbadru.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Hello! I'm a programmer and tech artist with some design and production experience, looking for work, ideally with others in Seattle. Good with C#, Unity, Godot, HLSL, Blender. Resume: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Fire Place screenshot showing some logs burning in the Seattle fireplace backgroundViridi screenshot showing a full pot in the Apartment environmentTenderfoot Tactics screenshot showing combat UITenderfoot Tactics screenshot showing a battle setup without UI elements, with a spirit looking over
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Myriame・.🦂 @mllepilgrim.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
That’s my union ✊🏼🖤 @videogameworkers.bsky.social ❤️
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Every day there are new reports of ICE detaining and targeting our communities. Video game devs and the workers who keep our workplaces running are not safe from this. That’s why we’ve launched WE DON'T PLAY WITH ICE, a campaign demanding companies commit to becoming 4th Amendment Workplaces.
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We Don't Play with ICE: Pledge to be a 4th Amendment Workplace
Many of us game workers -- as well as the building grounds, maintenance, and kitchen staff who care for the places in which we work -- are visa-holders and immigrants. In the current climate, we are v...
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Ryan McDiarmid @ryanmcdiarmid.com · 13/03/2026
Reached for comment new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said: “This is our unique selling point. PlayStation and Nintendo do not have little men. PlayStation and Nintendo will never have little men.”
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🦇 Hexavier 🎃 @xavierck.com · 30/06/2025
Hey! Do you need a highly technical character artist with almost 15 years of individual contributor and leadership experience? Looking for someone to wrangle your shaders? Or perhaps you need a person to assemble your character art pipeline? That's me! 🎨 www.xavierck.com 📫 xavierck.3d@gmail.com
A highly stylized 3D knight character wearing red and white armor and brandishing a huge water cooled sniper rifleA  large red cel-shaded boss monster from the Dragon Prince: XadiaRoughly 30 different avatars I made for Creature Crew Mr. Negative and one of his goons from Marvel's Spider-Man (2018)
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Video games make companies billions in profit yet we are still getting laid off at alarming rates. If this is a reality you know all too well and want to fight against, come find us at GDC!!
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I cant believe we have made it here, to the game developers conference festival of gaming
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Hey nice shirt 🫵
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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
gambling monk, germany, 15th century
a drawing of a monk wearing dark glasses and rolling dice at a table
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
schrodinger's fence ass
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vlada 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
going 2 GDC. find me at the UVW-CWA booth (just to the right of the main escalators) or around yerba buena look for our red shirts & logo game workwes deserve a union, solidarity forever, stay angry and do something about it.
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Responses to the We’re Done Playing Petition responses are often brutal. The layoffs game developers experience are shocking, callous, and wreak havoc on their lives, and the lives of the people closest to them. Have you signed the petition? Add your voice here: actionnetwork.org/forms/were-d...
A quote on a black background with a crowd of cartoon raised hands at the bottom. The quote reads, "I’ve been laid off 12 months after moving my family to another continent."A quote on a black background with a crowd of cartoon raised hands at the bottom. The quote reads, "During my first games role out of college, I experienced a medical event 6 months into my role, and was let go while in the hospital."
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