Major Union Launches Campaign To Organize Video Game, Tech Workers

A new campaign launched Tuesday by one of the nation’s largest labor unions — and spearheaded by one of the leading video game industry activists in Southern California — aims to organize video game studios and tech offices to form or join a union. The Los Angeles Times reports: The Campaign to Organize Digital Employees (CODE for short) is a new…

Bernie Sanders Supports Video Game Workers Unions

U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has taken to Twitter to announce his support for video game workers unions. “In his message, Sanders gives shout-outs to IATSE (the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) and Game Workers Unite, two organizations that have been working to help game creators organize,” reports VentureBeat. “He also links to a June 11 Time story…