Game Workers Unite Ireland
@gwuireland.bsky.social
GWUI is a trade union established to represent game workers in Ireland. If you are a game worker join us: www.fsunion.org/gwu/join
See more links in our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gwuireland
See more links in our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gwuireland
Reposted by Game Workers Unite Ireland
But despite the shell shock, the Rockstar 31 (as well as three workers fired in Canada) are now preparing to fight what they believe to be the unlawful actions taken by Rockstar management.
I also spoke to the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain about what to expect next.
I also spoke to the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain about what to expect next.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
But despite the shell shock, the Rockstar 31 (as well as three workers fired in Canada) are now preparing to fight what they believe to be the unlawful actions taken by Rockstar management.
I also spoke to the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain about what to expect next.
I also spoke to the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain about what to expect next.
Reposted by Game Workers Unite Ireland
There's a cold brutality to this story that you'll only understand by hearing from the former employees themselves as they describe the "internal shame" and "profound sense of loss" that comes with being discarded in this way.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There's a cold brutality to this story that you'll only understand by hearing from the former employees themselves as they describe the "internal shame" and "profound sense of loss" that comes with being discarded in this way.
Reposted by Game Workers Unite Ireland
I spoke to people who'd been with this company for more than a decade, who describe Rockstar and its games as a core part of their own identity.
And yet those very same developers were escorted out of the office by security, with no chance to say goodbye to colleagues or to even clear their desks.
And yet those very same developers were escorted out of the office by security, with no chance to say goodbye to colleagues or to even clear their desks.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I spoke to people who'd been with this company for more than a decade, who describe Rockstar and its games as a core part of their own identity.
And yet those very same developers were escorted out of the office by security, with no chance to say goodbye to colleagues or to even clear their desks.
And yet those very same developers were escorted out of the office by security, with no chance to say goodbye to colleagues or to even clear their desks.
Reposted by Game Workers Unite Ireland
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...
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 2:43 PM
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...
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...
Reposted by Game Workers Unite Ireland
Protests continued today outside Take Two's offices in London, but also in Paris, where Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (@stjv.fr) came out to show their international solidarity with the fired Rockstar workers.
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Protests continued today outside Take Two's offices in London, but also in Paris, where Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (@stjv.fr) came out to show their international solidarity with the fired Rockstar workers.
Some of our members in Game Workers Unite Ireland were in Paris for a union summit today and joined the STJV and other European game worker unions for a solidarity protest outside Take Two offices.
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Some of our members in Game Workers Unite Ireland were in Paris for a union summit today and joined the STJV and other European game worker unions for a solidarity protest outside Take Two offices.
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
Game Workers Unite Ireland stands in solidarity with the workers of Rockstar in speaking up for their unjustly fired colleagues.
Over 200 Rockstar staff have written to management in support of unfairly fired union members.
We have published more details on our website, although we have not yet released the exact contents of the letter: www.gameworkers.co.uk/rockstar-ope...
We have published more details on our website, although we have not yet released the exact contents of the letter: www.gameworkers.co.uk/rockstar-ope...
Over 200 Rockstar staff write to management in support of unfairly fired union members - IWGB Game Workers
220 letters signed by staff members at Rockstar, the studio behind the Grand Theft Auto series, were delivered to management at the company last week, demanding that the 31 employees fired are immedia...
www.gameworkers.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Game Workers Unite Ireland stands in solidarity with the workers of Rockstar in speaking up for their unjustly fired colleagues.
We stand in solidarity with IWGB game workers in London who have been targeted by blatant union busting by Rockstar Games. This attack on workers organising in their workplace can not stand.
In one of the most shameless instances of union-busting Rockstar Games fired 30+ IWGB union members for NO OTHER REASON than to terrorize & silence them.
Join the IWGB protest!
Demand reinstatement!
📅 Thursday, 6 November
🕙 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
📍Take-Two House, 30 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JD
Join the IWGB protest!
Demand reinstatement!
📅 Thursday, 6 November
🕙 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
📍Take-Two House, 30 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JD
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We stand in solidarity with IWGB game workers in London who have been targeted by blatant union busting by Rockstar Games. This attack on workers organising in their workplace can not stand.
Reposted by Game Workers Unite Ireland
Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble developers unionize to combat 'instability and unfair conditions'
Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble developers unionize to combat 'instability and unfair conditions'
'The pressures we face are making it harder to create the high-quality work we care about.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble developers unionize to combat 'instability and unfair conditions'
Reposted by Game Workers Unite Ireland
Blizzard Entertainment Platform and Technology workers unionize under CWA
Blizzard Entertainment Platform and Technology workers unionize under CWA
'We can have a voice in our working conditions to empower ourselves to do our best work at Blizzard.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Blizzard Entertainment Platform and Technology workers unionize under CWA
Reposted by Game Workers Unite Ireland
Blizzard's Platform & Technology workers vote to unionize
www.gamesindustry.biz/blizzards-pl...
www.gamesindustry.biz/blizzards-pl...
Blizzard's Platform & Technology workers vote to unionize
Another division of Activision Blizzard has voted to unionize under the Communications Workers of America (CWA).
www.gamesindustry.biz
October 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Blizzard's Platform & Technology workers vote to unionize
www.gamesindustry.biz/blizzards-pl...
www.gamesindustry.biz/blizzards-pl...
This budget needs to be a workers' budget.
Read our proposals here:
www.fsunion.org/assets/files...
#budget2026
Read our proposals here:
www.fsunion.org/assets/files...
#budget2026
October 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This budget needs to be a workers' budget.
Read our proposals here:
www.fsunion.org/assets/files...
#budget2026
Read our proposals here:
www.fsunion.org/assets/files...
#budget2026
Any employer wishing to avail of the digital gaming tax incentive needs to show that at a minimum they pay the living wage, provide secure contracts of direct employment, give proper pension provision and support employer engagement with trade unions.
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
October 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Any employer wishing to avail of the digital gaming tax incentive needs to show that at a minimum they pay the living wage, provide secure contracts of direct employment, give proper pension provision and support employer engagement with trade unions.
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Fears for 100 jobs at Galway-based Romero Games
www.rte.ie/news/busines... - @news.rte.ie
If you are affected you can contact our confidential Advice Centre on freephone 1800 81 91 91
Or use our confidential contact form and we will respond directly:
www.fsunion.org/membership/a...
www.rte.ie/news/busines... - @news.rte.ie
If you are affected you can contact our confidential Advice Centre on freephone 1800 81 91 91
Or use our confidential contact form and we will respond directly:
www.fsunion.org/membership/a...
July 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Fears for 100 jobs at Galway-based Romero Games
www.rte.ie/news/busines... - @news.rte.ie
If you are affected you can contact our confidential Advice Centre on freephone 1800 81 91 91
Or use our confidential contact form and we will respond directly:
www.fsunion.org/membership/a...
www.rte.ie/news/busines... - @news.rte.ie
If you are affected you can contact our confidential Advice Centre on freephone 1800 81 91 91
Or use our confidential contact form and we will respond directly:
www.fsunion.org/membership/a...
Over 100 staff laid off as Galway-based Romero Games shuts down after funding cut - @thejournal.ie
www.thejournal.ie/100-staff-la...
________________
In the Game Industry, No One Should Play Alone
Join us: www.fsunion.org/gwu/join
www.thejournal.ie/100-staff-la...
________________
In the Game Industry, No One Should Play Alone
Join us: www.fsunion.org/gwu/join
Over 100 staff laid off as Galway-based Romero Games shuts down after funding cut
The sudden announcement was made after funding was pulled from a major developer, understood to be Microsoft.
www.thejournal.ie
July 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Over 100 staff laid off as Galway-based Romero Games shuts down after funding cut - @thejournal.ie
www.thejournal.ie/100-staff-la...
________________
In the Game Industry, No One Should Play Alone
Join us: www.fsunion.org/gwu/join
www.thejournal.ie/100-staff-la...
________________
In the Game Industry, No One Should Play Alone
Join us: www.fsunion.org/gwu/join
If you have been affected by the layoffs at Romero Games and need support, please reach out to us at GWUI.
Freephone: 1800 81 91 91 or email:[email protected]
You can leave a callback request
www.fsunion.org/membership/a...
#RomeroGames
Freephone: 1800 81 91 91 or email:[email protected]
You can leave a callback request
www.fsunion.org/membership/a...
#RomeroGames
July 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you have been affected by the layoffs at Romero Games and need support, please reach out to us at GWUI.
Freephone: 1800 81 91 91 or email:[email protected]
You can leave a callback request
www.fsunion.org/membership/a...
#RomeroGames
Freephone: 1800 81 91 91 or email:[email protected]
You can leave a callback request
www.fsunion.org/membership/a...
#RomeroGames
We are asking members and supporters to join the ‘Love Ireland? Hate Racism’ march on Sunday in Dublin meeting up on Dame Street at 1:30pm
Now is the time to be counted.
#LoveIrelandHateRacism
Now is the time to be counted.
#LoveIrelandHateRacism
June 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We are asking members and supporters to join the ‘Love Ireland? Hate Racism’ march on Sunday in Dublin meeting up on Dame Street at 1:30pm
Now is the time to be counted.
#LoveIrelandHateRacism
Now is the time to be counted.
#LoveIrelandHateRacism
GAME WORKERS AT UBISOFT HALIFAX FILE TO UNIONISE WITH CWA CANADA
Video game workers at Ubisoft’s Halifax studio have filed to unionise with CWA Canada, in the latest push by video game workers in North America to seek collective bargaining rights...
uniglobalunion.org/news/ubisoft...
Video game workers at Ubisoft’s Halifax studio have filed to unionise with CWA Canada, in the latest push by video game workers in North America to seek collective bargaining rights...
uniglobalunion.org/news/ubisoft...
June 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
GAME WORKERS AT UBISOFT HALIFAX FILE TO UNIONISE WITH CWA CANADA
Video game workers at Ubisoft’s Halifax studio have filed to unionise with CWA Canada, in the latest push by video game workers in North America to seek collective bargaining rights...
uniglobalunion.org/news/ubisoft...
Video game workers at Ubisoft’s Halifax studio have filed to unionise with CWA Canada, in the latest push by video game workers in North America to seek collective bargaining rights...
uniglobalunion.org/news/ubisoft...
When game workers were asked... "What are some of the services you would be interested in receiving from an Irish game industry union?" They responded like this 👇
What else did game works say in our survey?
Find out, request a copy of the full survey here: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
What else did game works say in our survey?
Find out, request a copy of the full survey here: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
June 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
When game workers were asked... "What are some of the services you would be interested in receiving from an Irish game industry union?" They responded like this 👇
What else did game works say in our survey?
Find out, request a copy of the full survey here: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
What else did game works say in our survey?
Find out, request a copy of the full survey here: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
VIDEO GAME WORKERS REACH HISTORIC TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH MICROSOFT
Read the article:
uniglobalunion.org/news/microso...
————————
If you work in Games in Ireland, join us: fsunion.org/gwu/join
Read the article:
uniglobalunion.org/news/microso...
————————
If you work in Games in Ireland, join us: fsunion.org/gwu/join
Video game workers reach historic tentative agreement with Microsoft
More than 300 quality assurance (QA) workers at Microsoft’s video game subsidiary ZeniMax Media have reached a tentative agreement with the company, marking a first-of-its-kind contract for the U.S. v...
uniglobalunion.org
June 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
VIDEO GAME WORKERS REACH HISTORIC TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH MICROSOFT
Read the article:
uniglobalunion.org/news/microso...
————————
If you work in Games in Ireland, join us: fsunion.org/gwu/join
Read the article:
uniglobalunion.org/news/microso...
————————
If you work in Games in Ireland, join us: fsunion.org/gwu/join
We stand in solidarity with Animation Workers Ireland, and the international trade union coalition happening to organise against the threat of AI in the animation industry, and we support their call to acton.
Join them Thursday 12 June at 14:00 at the Pâquier in Annecy!!
Join them Thursday 12 June at 14:00 at the Pâquier in Annecy!!
May 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We stand in solidarity with Animation Workers Ireland, and the international trade union coalition happening to organise against the threat of AI in the animation industry, and we support their call to acton.
Join them Thursday 12 June at 14:00 at the Pâquier in Annecy!!
Join them Thursday 12 June at 14:00 at the Pâquier in Annecy!!
On the question of how game workers define their stance towards trade unions - it was favourable.
So what else did game works have to say in our survey?
Find out, request a copy of the full survey here: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
#gameworkers #PayandConditions #PayConditions
So what else did game works have to say in our survey?
Find out, request a copy of the full survey here: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
#gameworkers #PayandConditions #PayConditions
May 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
On the question of how game workers define their stance towards trade unions - it was favourable.
So what else did game works have to say in our survey?
Find out, request a copy of the full survey here: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
#gameworkers #PayandConditions #PayConditions
So what else did game works have to say in our survey?
Find out, request a copy of the full survey here: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
#gameworkers #PayandConditions #PayConditions
We asked game workers about their monthly income and the results might surprise you.
If you want to know what else we asked game workers and what they said, request a copy of the full report:
fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
If you are working in games in Ireland, think about joining GWUI.
If you want to know what else we asked game workers and what they said, request a copy of the full report:
fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
If you are working in games in Ireland, think about joining GWUI.
May 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We asked game workers about their monthly income and the results might surprise you.
If you want to know what else we asked game workers and what they said, request a copy of the full report:
fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
If you are working in games in Ireland, think about joining GWUI.
If you want to know what else we asked game workers and what they said, request a copy of the full report:
fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
If you are working in games in Ireland, think about joining GWUI.
We asked game workers about how much of their income goes to housing cost...
If you want to know what else we asked game workers and what they said, request a copy of the full report: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
If you want to know what else we asked game workers and what they said, request a copy of the full report: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
May 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We asked game workers about how much of their income goes to housing cost...
If you want to know what else we asked game workers and what they said, request a copy of the full report: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
If you want to know what else we asked game workers and what they said, request a copy of the full report: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt
One of the questions game workers were asked in our Pay & Conditions survey just published.
"Which of these issues have you experienced while working in the game industry?"
If you want to know what else they said request a copy of the report here: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt?...
"Which of these issues have you experienced while working in the game industry?"
If you want to know what else they said request a copy of the report here: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt?...
May 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
One of the questions game workers were asked in our Pay & Conditions survey just published.
"Which of these issues have you experienced while working in the game industry?"
If you want to know what else they said request a copy of the report here: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt?...
"Which of these issues have you experienced while working in the game industry?"
If you want to know what else they said request a copy of the report here: fsunionsurvey.typeform.com/to/qkmYF4tt?...