IWGB Game Workers Northern Ireland
@gameworkersni.bsky.social
Representing the Northern Ireland regional group of IWGB Game Workers Union
Join our union here: http://iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game-worker
Join our union here: http://iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game-worker
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IWGB Halloween Social 🎃 · Luma
IWGB Game Workers Northern Ireland presents an evening of spooky Hallowe'en camaraderie! 🎃🎃🎃🎃
This event is open to everyone, whether you're in the union…
luma.com
For the 2nd year running, IWGB Game Workers NI are hosting a Halloween Social on Oct 30th in Pug Uglys!
Open to folk in an outside the union with all money raised going towards a local charity 🎃
For more information and to get your ticket follow the link below
luma.com/d5ieq59h
Open to folk in an outside the union with all money raised going towards a local charity 🎃
For more information and to get your ticket follow the link below
luma.com/d5ieq59h
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Rockstar hit with legal claims by IWGB over firing of unionizing workers
Rockstar faces legal claims for firing unionizing devs
The IWGB is taking Rockstar to court for 'victimization and collective dismissal linked to trade union activity.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Rockstar hit with legal claims by IWGB over firing of unionizing workers
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#OtD 13 Nov 2024 Workers at ZeniMax strike over remote work and outsourcing. https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2024-11-workers-zenimax-strike-over-remote-work-outsourcing
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#OtD 13 Nov 2024 Workers at ZeniMax strike over remote work and outsourcing. https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2024-11-workers-zenimax-strike-over-remote-work-outsourcing
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Union files formal legal claims against Rockstar amid union-busting accusations
www.gamesindustry.biz/union-files-...
www.gamesindustry.biz/union-files-...
Union files formal legal claims against Rockstar amid union busting accusations
After accusing Rockstar of union busting after the studio reportedly dismissed 30 to 40 employees last Thursday (Octobe…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Union files formal legal claims against Rockstar amid union-busting accusations
www.gamesindustry.biz/union-files-...
www.gamesindustry.biz/union-files-...
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The Scottish Greens stand with the dozens of workers sacked by @rockstargames.com for exercising their right to organise with @gameworkers.co.uk @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Reinstate them now, then get around the table & give your staff the pay & conditions they deserve for making you billions.
Reinstate them now, then get around the table & give your staff the pay & conditions they deserve for making you billions.
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Scottish Greens stand with the dozens of workers sacked by @rockstargames.com for exercising their right to organise with @gameworkers.co.uk @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Reinstate them now, then get around the table & give your staff the pay & conditions they deserve for making you billions.
Reinstate them now, then get around the table & give your staff the pay & conditions they deserve for making you billions.
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“Say sorry, be nice is a Rockstar slogan, it has been for many, many years. At least in this instance, it doesn’t seem like the company is interested in living by it.”
Watch the video of our demonstration & interviews with dismissed workers at Rockstar North here!
Watch the video of our demonstration & interviews with dismissed workers at Rockstar North here!
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 5:00 PM
“Say sorry, be nice is a Rockstar slogan, it has been for many, many years. At least in this instance, it doesn’t seem like the company is interested in living by it.”
Watch the video of our demonstration & interviews with dismissed workers at Rockstar North here!
Watch the video of our demonstration & interviews with dismissed workers at Rockstar North here!
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You can hear how angry and hurt these devs are. It's in their shaky voices and the way they talk about their work. It's an awful situation, for those who were forced out and those who remain
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 6:43 PM
You can hear how angry and hurt these devs are. It's in their shaky voices and the way they talk about their work. It's an awful situation, for those who were forced out and those who remain
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Fun fact - the Oscars were literally created to union bust!
Studio execs wanted something they solely controlled that others desired and then used the Oscars to force workers to get in line with threats of never giving it to them if they didn't.
Feels eerily similar...
Studio execs wanted something they solely controlled that others desired and then used the Oscars to force workers to get in line with threats of never giving it to them if they didn't.
Feels eerily similar...
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Fun fact - the Oscars were literally created to union bust!
Studio execs wanted something they solely controlled that others desired and then used the Oscars to force workers to get in line with threats of never giving it to them if they didn't.
Feels eerily similar...
Studio execs wanted something they solely controlled that others desired and then used the Oscars to force workers to get in line with threats of never giving it to them if they didn't.
Feels eerily similar...
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Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help our fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union.
Help us fight back! Anything you can donate will massively help our efforts to hold Rockstar to account.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help us fight back! Anything you can donate will massively help our efforts to hold Rockstar to account.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals!
Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...
actionnetwork.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help our fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union.
Help us fight back! Anything you can donate will massively help our efforts to hold Rockstar to account.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help us fight back! Anything you can donate will massively help our efforts to hold Rockstar to account.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
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#OtD 6 Nov 2019 Launch of Game Workers Unite Portland https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2019-11-launch-game-workers-unite-portland
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#OtD 6 Nov 2019 Launch of Game Workers Unite Portland https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2019-11-launch-game-workers-unite-portland
Thank you to everyone who braved the stormy weather to attend our Halloween social on Thursday!
There were lots of wonderful costumes on display and plenty of goolish fun to be had.
We raised money for a good cause while looking absolutely fabulous 💅
Hope to see you again next time 🎃 👻 ❤
There were lots of wonderful costumes on display and plenty of goolish fun to be had.
We raised money for a good cause while looking absolutely fabulous 💅
Hope to see you again next time 🎃 👻 ❤
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Thank you to everyone who braved the stormy weather to attend our Halloween social on Thursday!
There were lots of wonderful costumes on display and plenty of goolish fun to be had.
We raised money for a good cause while looking absolutely fabulous 💅
Hope to see you again next time 🎃 👻 ❤
There were lots of wonderful costumes on display and plenty of goolish fun to be had.
We raised money for a good cause while looking absolutely fabulous 💅
Hope to see you again next time 🎃 👻 ❤
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For the 2nd year running, IWGB Game Workers NI are hosting a Halloween Social on Oct 30th in Pug Uglys!
Open to folk in an outside the union with all money raised going towards a local charity 🎃
For more information and to get your ticket follow the link below
luma.com/d5ieq59h
Open to folk in an outside the union with all money raised going towards a local charity 🎃
For more information and to get your ticket follow the link below
luma.com/d5ieq59h
IWGB Halloween Social 🎃 · Luma
IWGB Game Workers Northern Ireland presents an evening of spooky Hallowe'en camaraderie! 🎃🎃🎃🎃
This event is open to everyone, whether you're in the union…
luma.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For the 2nd year running, IWGB Game Workers NI are hosting a Halloween Social on Oct 30th in Pug Uglys!
Open to folk in an outside the union with all money raised going towards a local charity 🎃
For more information and to get your ticket follow the link below
luma.com/d5ieq59h
Open to folk in an outside the union with all money raised going towards a local charity 🎃
For more information and to get your ticket follow the link below
luma.com/d5ieq59h
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#OtD 6 Oct 2023 Workers Unionise at Avalanche Studios Group https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2023-10-workers-unionise-avalanche-studios-group
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#OtD 6 Oct 2023 Workers Unionise at Avalanche Studios Group https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2023-10-workers-unionise-avalanche-studios-group
For the 2nd year running, IWGB Game Workers NI are hosting a Halloween Social on Oct 30th in Pug Uglys!
Open to folk in an outside the union with all money raised going towards a local charity 🎃
For more information and to get your ticket follow the link below
luma.com/d5ieq59h
Open to folk in an outside the union with all money raised going towards a local charity 🎃
For more information and to get your ticket follow the link below
luma.com/d5ieq59h
IWGB Halloween Social 🎃 · Luma
IWGB Game Workers Northern Ireland presents an evening of spooky Hallowe'en camaraderie! 🎃🎃🎃🎃
This event is open to everyone, whether you're in the union…
luma.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For the 2nd year running, IWGB Game Workers NI are hosting a Halloween Social on Oct 30th in Pug Uglys!
Open to folk in an outside the union with all money raised going towards a local charity 🎃
For more information and to get your ticket follow the link below
luma.com/d5ieq59h
Open to folk in an outside the union with all money raised going towards a local charity 🎃
For more information and to get your ticket follow the link below
luma.com/d5ieq59h
Watch this space 👀 🎃 👻
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Watch this space 👀 🎃 👻
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The tabletop freelancer survey closes on Monday, if you want to make sure IWGB has the info to fight for fair freelancer wages share it and fill it in now!
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forms.gle/efLP5CLxskse...
Tabletop Freelancer Rates Survey
[PLEASE DO NOT FILL IN THIS SURVEY IF YOU DO NOT LIVE / WORK IN THE UK]
This is a form put together by freelance tabletop workers in the IWGB to better understand the rate of freelance pay provided ...
forms.gle
September 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The tabletop freelancer survey closes on Monday, if you want to make sure IWGB has the info to fight for fair freelancer wages share it and fill it in now!
forms.gle/efLP5CLxskse...
forms.gle/efLP5CLxskse...
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🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
The ZA/UM Workers' Alliance - a new union set up to represent a subset of UK-based employees at the company - discusses how it wants to help staff feel safe and comfortable in their jobs
www.gamesindustry.biz/after-layoff...
www.gamesindustry.biz/after-layoff...
After layoffs, cancellations, and controversy, ZA/UM UK staff unionise as the Workers' Alliance
"We like being here. We want to continue being here. So let's try and get a seat at the table in the big management meetings."
www.gamesindustry.biz
October 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
👏👏👏👏👏
"ZA/UM union workers will be represented by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain. Studio management has recognized the fledging union and will meet regularly with a committee of elected workplace representatives."
Work in the UK games industry? Join us today:
iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
Work in the UK games industry? Join us today:
iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
UK workers at Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM have unionized
October 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
👏👏👏👏👏
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#OtD 3 Oct 2019 The IWGB Union Game Workers branch launches campaign to defend a victimised member at ustwo games. https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2019-10-iwgb-launches-campaign-for-member-at-ustwo-games
October 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#OtD 3 Oct 2019 The IWGB Union Game Workers branch launches campaign to defend a victimised member at ustwo games. https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2019-10-iwgb-launches-campaign-for-member-at-ustwo-games
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On July 26th at 1pm we'll be hosting our Guildford social - join us in Stoke Park for a picnic with board and outdoor games! You can sign up to the event and find more details here: lu.ma/zyfykf82
Non-members are welcome, as are folks from outside Guildford!
Non-members are welcome, as are folks from outside Guildford!
July 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
On July 26th at 1pm we'll be hosting our Guildford social - join us in Stoke Park for a picnic with board and outdoor games! You can sign up to the event and find more details here: lu.ma/zyfykf82
Non-members are welcome, as are folks from outside Guildford!
Non-members are welcome, as are folks from outside Guildford!
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Someone asked me why game workers haven't unionized if our conditions are so bad. These charts are why.
We have collectively lost the knowledge, skill, and willingness to organize and strike. We have to rebuild those, and that takes time.
We have collectively lost the knowledge, skill, and willingness to organize and strike. We have to rebuild those, and that takes time.
July 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Someone asked me why game workers haven't unionized if our conditions are so bad. These charts are why.
We have collectively lost the knowledge, skill, and willingness to organize and strike. We have to rebuild those, and that takes time.
We have collectively lost the knowledge, skill, and willingness to organize and strike. We have to rebuild those, and that takes time.
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
We're pleased to reveal the lineup poster for Games Transformed 2025!
We’ll be joined by Meg Jayanth, Chris Bratt, Gareth Damian Martin, Clapton CFC, Innuendo Studios & many more!
Join us on Saturday 12 July for Games Transformed 2025.
TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...
We're pleased to reveal the lineup poster for Games Transformed 2025!
We’ll be joined by Meg Jayanth, Chris Bratt, Gareth Damian Martin, Clapton CFC, Innuendo Studios & many more!
Join us on Saturday 12 July for Games Transformed 2025.
TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...
June 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
We're pleased to reveal the lineup poster for Games Transformed 2025!
We’ll be joined by Meg Jayanth, Chris Bratt, Gareth Damian Martin, Clapton CFC, Innuendo Studios & many more!
Join us on Saturday 12 July for Games Transformed 2025.
TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...
We're pleased to reveal the lineup poster for Games Transformed 2025!
We’ll be joined by Meg Jayanth, Chris Bratt, Gareth Damian Martin, Clapton CFC, Innuendo Studios & many more!
Join us on Saturday 12 July for Games Transformed 2025.
TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...
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Last week at our AGM members from across the UK elected our new committee and passed several motions that will shape our union. We were also delighted to host a guest speaker from @stjv.fr! Thanks to everyone for coming, your engagement strengthens our collective voice.
June 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Last week at our AGM members from across the UK elected our new committee and passed several motions that will shape our union. We were also delighted to host a guest speaker from @stjv.fr! Thanks to everyone for coming, your engagement strengthens our collective voice.
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This was always the inevitable endpoint: Workers bear the brunt of the executives' failures
MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy has reportedly started mass layoff proceedings, with 100 or more staff potentially affected.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mindsey...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mindsey...
MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy has reportedly started mass layoff proceedings | VGC
More than 100 staff could be affected, it’s been suggested…
www.videogameschronicle.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This was always the inevitable endpoint: Workers bear the brunt of the executives' failures
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Splitgate 2 developer 1047 Games lays off "small group of valued staff"
www.eurogamer.net/splitgate-2-...
June 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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