{"id":298474,"date":"2025-03-20T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=351368"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:07:13","slug":"video-game-workers-unions-are-marching-to-demand-better-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/video-game-workers-unions-are-marching-to-demand-better-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Video game workers&#039; unions are marching to demand better conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, during the 2025 Game Developers Conference, <strong>union organizers and video game developers held a march and gathered in a nearby park for a rally in support of the newly announced United Videogame Workers union<\/strong>. With the slogan &#8220;We are not playing anymore,&#8221; the crowd demanded a living wage and highlighted critical issues such as mass layoffs, the culture of overwork, and discrimination within the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video game industry unions rebel against working conditions<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new union is linked to the Communication Workers of America, which has been organizing developers at major companies like Activision Blizzard and ZeniMax. <strong>&#8220;What we are building with United Videogame Workers is a union focused on action and change in the industry,&#8221; commented Melanie Barron, senior campaign leader of CODE-CWA, in statements to PC Gamer during the event<\/strong>. Barron emphasized that many workers have been affected by devastating layoffs and that a voice is needed to address abuse and the lack of fair treatment in companies.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The participants of the rally expressed their discontent with the current business model of the industry, emphasizing that &#8220;we make these games, not the damn AI, and not the damn executives.&#8221; <strong>This strong message emphasizes that, in their opinion, human talent is fundamental in the creative process and cannot be replaced by artificial intelligence<\/strong> or by business decisions that prioritize profits over the well-being of workers.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video Game Workers Need Unions\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ib-fNi4pGrE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The union plans to create powerful public campaigns that invite more workers to join the movement, <strong>seeking to transform the industry and respect the effort and skill required to create this form of art that is video games<\/strong>. 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With the slogan &#8220;We&#8217;re not playing anymore,&#8221; the crowd demanded a living wage and highlighted critical issues such as mass layoffs, the culture of overwork, and discrimination within the industry. Unions in the video game world are rebelling against the industry&#8217;s working conditions. 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