IWGB Game Workers union forms 'redundancy taskforce' to defend workers' rights
The IWGB Game Workers Union has formed a new taskforce to support workers facing redundancy, aiming to ensure all layoffs are legal and fair. This initiative comes amid widespread layoffs in the industry, including recent cuts at Xbox and Rockstar Games. The union highlights the need for solidarity and worker empowerment against what they describe as mismanagement and greed.
- Entities
- Company: id Software
- Person: Spring McParlin-Jones
- Topic: Layoffs
- Topic: Workers Rights
- Game: Grand Theft Auto
- Company: Xbox
- Company: IWGB Game Workers
- Company: Obsidian
- Topic: Union Busting
- Company: ZeniMax Online Studios
- Person: Rob Sheridan
- Company: Rockstar
- Topic: Redundancies
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