Karri Lybeck
@karrihei.bsky.social
Trade unionist to the bone. I have participated in the trade union movement quite a bit so most of posts will be about organizing, bargaining, labour politics and human rights in one way or another. Works at UNI Global Union, organizing tech&games
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EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
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🚨Historic Strike!🎮
Korean video game workers walk out for the first time ever—demanding fair pay & respect.
Making Dungeon Fighter shouldn’t feel like working in a dungeon.
✊ Solidarity
biz.chosun.com/en/en-it/202...
Korean video game workers walk out for the first time ever—demanding fair pay & respect.
Making Dungeon Fighter shouldn’t feel like working in a dungeon.
✊ Solidarity
biz.chosun.com/en/en-it/202...
Neople union launches first gaming industry strike amid salary disputes in Korea
Neople union launches first gaming industry strike amid salary disputes in Korea
biz.chosun.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🚨Historic Strike!🎮
Korean video game workers walk out for the first time ever—demanding fair pay & respect.
Making Dungeon Fighter shouldn’t feel like working in a dungeon.
✊ Solidarity
biz.chosun.com/en/en-it/202...
Korean video game workers walk out for the first time ever—demanding fair pay & respect.
Making Dungeon Fighter shouldn’t feel like working in a dungeon.
✊ Solidarity
biz.chosun.com/en/en-it/202...
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🇬🇧✊ Solidarity with our comrades who want to unionize @ubisoft.com Halifax: we demand from the company to respect the ongoing processus and to abstain from any repression against our comrades.
Ubisoft Halifax workers file to unionize with CWA Canada! @ubisoftbr.bsky.social
Game workers at Ubisoft Halifax file to unionize with CWA Canada
HALIFAX (June 18, 2025) – Workers at video game company Ubisoft in Halifax have filed to unionize with media union CWA Canada. The union filed with the Nova Scotia Labour Board today after a m…
cwacanada.ca
June 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🇬🇧✊ Solidarity with our comrades who want to unionize @ubisoft.com Halifax: we demand from the company to respect the ongoing processus and to abstain from any repression against our comrades.
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'Creativity flourishes when workers feel secure:' Ubisoft Halifax workers file to unionize
'Creativity flourishes when workers feel secure:' Ubisoft Halifax workers file to unionize
'It is up to us, the workers, to organize and demand a say in our labour, art and future.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
'Creativity flourishes when workers feel secure:' Ubisoft Halifax workers file to unionize
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🕹️“This agreement sets a new benchmark for respecting workers’ rights in an industry defined by light-speed change,” said Christy Hoffman. “It proves that video game workers are not just ready to organize—they’re ready to lead the way in building a fairer, more democratic industry.” #OrganizingFTW
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 11:54 AM
🕹️“This agreement sets a new benchmark for respecting workers’ rights in an industry defined by light-speed change,” said Christy Hoffman. “It proves that video game workers are not just ready to organize—they’re ready to lead the way in building a fairer, more democratic industry.” #OrganizingFTW
Content moderators joining forces across the globe and fighting for their rights!
“The content we see doesn’t just disappear at the end of a shift. It haunts our sleep and leaves permanent emotional scars."
Read why content moderators are organizing against big tech.
www.theverge.com/news/658566/...
Read why content moderators are organizing against big tech.
www.theverge.com/news/658566/...
Content moderators are organizing against Big Tech
Workers are fighting for working conditions and mental health support.
www.theverge.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Content moderators joining forces across the globe and fighting for their rights!
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Correction: the United Video Game Union (UVW) under the @cwaunion.bsky.social launched today at #GDC2025 and after a panel, marched to nearby Yerba Buena gardens
March 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Correction: the United Video Game Union (UVW) under the @cwaunion.bsky.social launched today at #GDC2025 and after a panel, marched to nearby Yerba Buena gardens
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"Maybe some time in the future we will have to call for a strike at Spotify."
Peter Hellberg, President of @unionen.bsky.social and @uni-europa.bsky.social, on the challenge of organising workers and bargaining collectively in tech companies like Klarna and Spotify in Sweden.
Peter Hellberg, President of @unionen.bsky.social and @uni-europa.bsky.social, on the challenge of organising workers and bargaining collectively in tech companies like Klarna and Spotify in Sweden.
When strikes are necessary: the tech sector in Sweden
YouTube video by UNI Europa
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"Maybe some time in the future we will have to call for a strike at Spotify."
Peter Hellberg, President of @unionen.bsky.social and @uni-europa.bsky.social, on the challenge of organising workers and bargaining collectively in tech companies like Klarna and Spotify in Sweden.
Peter Hellberg, President of @unionen.bsky.social and @uni-europa.bsky.social, on the challenge of organising workers and bargaining collectively in tech companies like Klarna and Spotify in Sweden.
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This digital zine for the launch of @videogameworkers.bsky.social is a must read!
Find out why #WereDonePlaying and how game workers are levelling up with #UVWCWA.
Explore it now: uvw-cwa.org/news/read-uv...
#GDC2025
uvw-cwa.org/news/read-uv...
Find out why #WereDonePlaying and how game workers are levelling up with #UVWCWA.
Explore it now: uvw-cwa.org/news/read-uv...
#GDC2025
uvw-cwa.org/news/read-uv...
Read the UVW-CWA GDC 2025 Zine!
Download the zine here!To usher in our new union, and in the spirit of GDC labor zines past, our interim organizing committee created a free, informational zine to hand out at GDC 2025, and you can pr...
uvw-cwa.org
March 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This digital zine for the launch of @videogameworkers.bsky.social is a must read!
Find out why #WereDonePlaying and how game workers are levelling up with #UVWCWA.
Explore it now: uvw-cwa.org/news/read-uv...
#GDC2025
uvw-cwa.org/news/read-uv...
Find out why #WereDonePlaying and how game workers are levelling up with #UVWCWA.
Explore it now: uvw-cwa.org/news/read-uv...
#GDC2025
uvw-cwa.org/news/read-uv...
Absolutely amazing!
Today, we are announcing the formation of United Videogame Workers-CWA, an industry-wide union formed by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
March 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Absolutely amazing!
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"Solidarity is our strongest tool."
#Ubisoft Düsseldorf workers are organizing with @social.verdi.de after unfair layoffs.
We stand with them #ForTheWin!
uniglobalunion.org/news/ubisoft...
#Ubisoft Düsseldorf workers are organizing with @social.verdi.de after unfair layoffs.
We stand with them #ForTheWin!
uniglobalunion.org/news/ubisoft...
“Solidarity is our strongest tool:” UNI stands with ver.di Game Devs Roundtable in wake of Ubisoft Dusseldorf layoffs
Following Ubisoft Düsseldorf layoffs, UNI Global Union is fully supporting the following the demands of ver.di Game Devs Roundtable.
uniglobalunion.org
March 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
"Solidarity is our strongest tool."
#Ubisoft Düsseldorf workers are organizing with @social.verdi.de after unfair layoffs.
We stand with them #ForTheWin!
uniglobalunion.org/news/ubisoft...
#Ubisoft Düsseldorf workers are organizing with @social.verdi.de after unfair layoffs.
We stand with them #ForTheWin!
uniglobalunion.org/news/ubisoft...
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🔴🌪️ STRUGGLE PAYS: AGREEMENT REACHED AT DON’T NOD
Management wanted to fire them like trash, but workers won in reducing the numbers of layoffs, a 13 000 € compensation in addition to the legal minimum, and strike days being paid.
Details here: www.stjv.fr/en/2025/...
Management wanted to fire them like trash, but workers won in reducing the numbers of layoffs, a 13 000 € compensation in addition to the legal minimum, and strike days being paid.
Details here: www.stjv.fr/en/2025/...
Struggle pays: a deal was found at Don’t Nod – STJV
Since November 2024, workers at Don’t Nod have been fighting to save their jobs and mitigate the social disaster in the form of a layoffs plan that studio manag
www.stjv.fr
February 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🔴🌪️ STRUGGLE PAYS: AGREEMENT REACHED AT DON’T NOD
Management wanted to fire them like trash, but workers won in reducing the numbers of layoffs, a 13 000 € compensation in addition to the legal minimum, and strike days being paid.
Details here: www.stjv.fr/en/2025/...
Management wanted to fire them like trash, but workers won in reducing the numbers of layoffs, a 13 000 € compensation in addition to the legal minimum, and strike days being paid.
Details here: www.stjv.fr/en/2025/...
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Apple shareholders rejected a proposal to scrap the company's DEI programs.
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February 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Apple shareholders rejected a proposal to scrap the company's DEI programs.
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Tälle ”faktalle” nauravat mm. Hussein, Mobutu Sese Seko, Montt, Pahlavi, Pinochet, Somoza, Suharto sekä Videla.
February 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Tälle ”faktalle” nauravat mm. Hussein, Mobutu Sese Seko, Montt, Pahlavi, Pinochet, Somoza, Suharto sekä Videla.
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La grève générale du jeu vidéo c'est aujourd'hui ! En grève, sur les rassemblements, mobilisons-nous pour nos métiers et pour une industrie du jeu vidéo stable et mûre 💪 #gg25
📣 La grève général du jeu vidéo, c’est demain ! Pour rappel, nous organisons des rassemblements à Paris, Lyon, Montpellier, Annecy, Angoulême, Bordeaux, Lille, Nantes (9h à La centrale et 15h à La Maison Café) et Rennes :
February 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
La grève générale du jeu vidéo c'est aujourd'hui ! En grève, sur les rassemblements, mobilisons-nous pour nos métiers et pour une industrie du jeu vidéo stable et mûre 💪 #gg25
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The video game industry thrives on the creativity and dedication of its workers—it's time their rights & conditions reflect that. UNI Global Union stands with STJV and all game workers demanding a fair and just industry! www.stjv.fr/2025/01/gg25...
February 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The video game industry thrives on the creativity and dedication of its workers—it's time their rights & conditions reflect that. UNI Global Union stands with STJV and all game workers demanding a fair and just industry! www.stjv.fr/2025/01/gg25...
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📣✊ APPEL À UNE GRÈVE GÉNÉRALE DU JEU VIDÉO LE 13 FÉVRIER 2025
www.stjv.fr/2025/01/gg25...
www.stjv.fr/2025/01/gg25...
GG25 : Appel à la grève générale de l’industrie du jeu vidéo – 13 février 2025 – STJV
Fort de ses années d’expérience comme syndicat majoritaire de l’industrie du jeu vidéo, le STJV a pu dresser un bilan de celle-ci , devenue un véritable cirque
www.stjv.fr
January 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
📣✊ APPEL À UNE GRÈVE GÉNÉRALE DU JEU VIDÉO LE 13 FÉVRIER 2025
www.stjv.fr/2025/01/gg25...
www.stjv.fr/2025/01/gg25...
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Minulla alkaa herätä epäilys, että onko se Orpon hallitusohjelma sittenkään niin hyvä… 🤔
January 31, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Minulla alkaa herätä epäilys, että onko se Orpon hallitusohjelma sittenkään niin hyvä… 🤔
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The introduction of #AI into the workplace should be negotiated. Period.
The @cfdt.fr has put together information to help trade unionists take action.
What resources have you found helpful to tackle AI in the world of work?
The @cfdt.fr has put together information to help trade unionists take action.
What resources have you found helpful to tackle AI in the world of work?
Le déploiement en entreprise d’outils numériques ou de systèmes d’intelligence artificielle #IA font trop rarement l’objet de #dialoguesocial.
La @cfdt.fr se saisit du sujet pour aider ses militants. Infos et liens dans #SyndicalismeHebdo :
www.syndicalismehebdo.fr/article/inte...
La @cfdt.fr se saisit du sujet pour aider ses militants. Infos et liens dans #SyndicalismeHebdo :
www.syndicalismehebdo.fr/article/inte...
Intelligence artificielle : des outils à la main des militants - Syndicalisme Hebdo | CFDT
Dans les entreprises et les administrations, le déploiement d’outils numériques ou de systèmes d’intelligence artificielle font très rarement l’objet de dialogue social – un problème dont la CFDT est ...
www.syndicalismehebdo.fr
January 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Oiva teksti:
”Lammion sanoma on aina sama: isänmaa on vaarassa, riviin siitä. Rivissä riittää silti klappia. Kesämökkikaupat, konferenssit, muistuttaminen kansainvälisistä ihmisoikeusvelvoitteista – ne ovat Moskovan pillin mukaan tanssimista.”
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
”Lammion sanoma on aina sama: isänmaa on vaarassa, riviin siitä. Rivissä riittää silti klappia. Kesämökkikaupat, konferenssit, muistuttaminen kansainvälisistä ihmisoikeusvelvoitteista – ne ovat Moskovan pillin mukaan tanssimista.”
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
Essee | Suomessa on jälleen sotahulluuden aika – Samalla Lammioita on koko ajan enemmän
Tuntemattoman sotilaan hahmoista Suomessa ihaillaan sukupolvesta toiseen Rokkaa, Hietasta ja Koskelaa, mutta samalla Lammioita on koko ajan enemmän, kirjoittaa Janne Saarikivi.
www.hs.fi
December 22, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Oiva teksti:
”Lammion sanoma on aina sama: isänmaa on vaarassa, riviin siitä. Rivissä riittää silti klappia. Kesämökkikaupat, konferenssit, muistuttaminen kansainvälisistä ihmisoikeusvelvoitteista – ne ovat Moskovan pillin mukaan tanssimista.”
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
”Lammion sanoma on aina sama: isänmaa on vaarassa, riviin siitä. Rivissä riittää silti klappia. Kesämökkikaupat, konferenssit, muistuttaminen kansainvälisistä ihmisoikeusvelvoitteista – ne ovat Moskovan pillin mukaan tanssimista.”
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
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Today we, a majority of video game workers at ZeniMax Online Studios and the workers behind ESO, are proud to announce the launch of our union with
@cwaunion.bsky.social! ✊
@cwaunion.bsky.social! ✊
December 13, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Today we, a majority of video game workers at ZeniMax Online Studios and the workers behind ESO, are proud to announce the launch of our union with
@cwaunion.bsky.social! ✊
@cwaunion.bsky.social! ✊
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🔴🌀⚠️🇬🇧 UBISOFT PARIS STATEMENT : management turns a deaf ear during negotiations on remote work. Faced with interim managers who ignore our proposals, we are warning about the risks this strategy of defeat poses to our colleagues.
Full text on our website: www.stjv.fr/en/2024/...
Full text on our website: www.stjv.fr/en/2024/...
December 9, 2024 at 12:00 PM
🔴🌀⚠️🇬🇧 UBISOFT PARIS STATEMENT : management turns a deaf ear during negotiations on remote work. Faced with interim managers who ignore our proposals, we are warning about the risks this strategy of defeat poses to our colleagues.
Full text on our website: www.stjv.fr/en/2024/...
Full text on our website: www.stjv.fr/en/2024/...