United Videogame Workers union announces fund for laid-off employees
The United Videogame Workers union has launched the Game Worker Hardship Fund to assist video game industry employees in the US and Canada impacted by layoffs since 2024. The fund offers financial aid up to $5,000 USD and is supported by union fees. This initiative comes amid recent job cuts at companies like Xbox, Electronic Arts, Bungie, and Behaviour Interactive, highlighting a precarious period for the industry.
- Entities
- Company: Electronic Arts
- Company: Microsoft
- Company: Behaviour Interactive
- Topic: Layoffs
- Topic: Labor Unions
- Company: Communications Workers of America
- Company: Xbox
- Company: Bungie
- Company: United Videogame Workers of CWA
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