Video Game Workers Launch Union in Partnership With Communications Workers of America

Video game workers across the U.S. and Canada are launching a new direct-join union in partnership with the Communications Workers of America and American Federation of Musicians. The United Videogame Workers-CWA Local 9433, which will include contractors, freelancers, indie developers and workers who are currently unemployed or already organizing at their workplaces, was formally unveiled at the 2025 Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. In 2018, the conference was a launch pad for the creation of Game Workers Unite, an international grassroots organization dedicated to labor-organizing . . .