United Videogame Workers–CWA Launch New Worker-Organizing Campaigns at GDC

One year after video game workers announced the formation of their direct-join, industry-wide union at the 2025 Game Developer Conference (GDC), United Videogame Workers-CWA Local 9433 (UVW-CWA) members attended the 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming to launch several worker-organizing campaigns across the industry and welcome dozens of new members into the union.

After a panel discussion about the historic rise of the game industry labor movement, UVW-CWA members, video game developers, and GDC 2026 attendees marched to the Yerba Buena Gardens to discuss the Game Workers’ Bill of Rights, a worker-led set of shared principles to create a standard for fair treatment, better conditions, and real power for everyone who makes video games.

Members launched a “We Don’t Play With ICE” petition to unite the industry in becoming “4th Amendment Workplaces” to protect immigrants and visa-holders from ICE agents. They also announced their inaugural Game Workers Conference, an industry-wide virtual-only event made for game workers, later in May.

“At UVW-CWA, we are continuing to shape the future of video game work in North America one year into our formation. We are committed to defining decent and dignified working conditions and compensation for our members and fighting for all game workers regardless of their immigration status,” said UVW-CWA Local 9433 President Aurelia Augusta. “These campaigns are just a small look into our plans for 2026 and beyond. We are excited to finally make video games an industry where the workers are the protagonists."

Read the full press release here.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.