GWU Ottawa @GWU_Ottawa
The Ottawa, ON chapter of @GameWorkers. Building community and organizing workers. DMs open. #GameWorkersUnite ✊🏾🎮 Ottawa, Ontario Joined April 2010-
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"Industry consolidation like this produces few benefits and plenty of risks for consumers. Several investigations are underway, and the U.K. has even moved to block the deal, though that is being appealed in court there." techcrunch.com/2023/06/12/ftc…
Video game workers are making history by unionizing across the industry. From ZeniMax to Vodeo Games, workers are standing up for their rights and dignity. Unionization is the way to end crunch, discrimination, and exploitation in gaming. #GameWorkersUnite #UnionStrong
Amazing news from the game dev union movement in France! Across the world, game devs are forming unions to get the respect & fair treatment they deserve. If you work in the UK, you can join our union at: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game-w…
Amazing news from the game dev union movement in France! Across the world, game devs are forming unions to get the respect & fair treatment they deserve. If you work in the UK, you can join our union at: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game-w…
Sidebar Games has patched out the "game dev room" hidden by rogue developers in Sports Story to protest the company's working conditions.
Sidebar Games has patched out the "game dev room" hidden by rogue developers in Sports Story to protest the company's working conditions. https://t.co/9dQzns9pah
“All labor has dignity … it is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages.” Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday
There is no path to retirement in video games. I have asked everyone I know and never been pointed to a reliable path to retirement. I'm not being snarky and this isn't a "take"; I want to be proven wrong - my ability to retire someday depends on it.
We are excited to announce that the workers of Proletariat have asked management to voluntarily recognize our union, the Proletariat Workers Alliance. 1/14
Billet d'humeur de fin d'année oblige, je vous parle de la problématique du travail gratuit sur Twitch. Comment collectivement on a accepté ça et comment les streamers reproduisent aussi une forme d'exploitation d'autrui, via le bénévolat. esport-insights.com/reussite-colle…
"Collective action within the video game industry has been building for years, with workers citing punishing schedules and hostile work environments. 2022 saw the first U.S. union formed in a big game publisher." axios.com/2022/12/12/tec…
Today we, a majority of QA workers at ZeniMax, are proud to announce the launch of our union with @CWAUnion. We are the first group of workers at Microsoft to formally unionize. We are empowered to advocate for ourselves & build a future where we can thrive alongside the company
Literally EVERY single twitter employee in Germany fired by Elon Musk has joined the union, are now setting up a shop comittee and preparing a lawsuit with the help of the union: glm.io/169899?t
Good morning to everyone following this fight! The Board of Supervisors is voting TODAY on whether to let the police control potentially thousands of privately owned cameras, including doorbell and CCTV devices. Let's make as much noise as we can before the meeting.
Gamers: "Gamedevs are lazy nowadays. Nobody ends up in hospital from overtime" lol here's me in hospital after collapsing from GameDev burnout before the Dr explained my "blood is flooded with lactate from prolonged stress". She then asked if I'm in the military. A thread!🧵1/5
Communications Workers of America file new labor practice charge against Activision Blizzard gamesindustry.biz/communications…
Could this meeting lead to discipline? I want my union steward present. I know my rights. Until my representative arrives I choose not to participate in this discussion.
New game union in SoCal just dropped 🦀👀
“We’re just fucking illegal,” Nairi Hourdajian, then head of Uber’s global communications, wrote to a colleague amid government efforts to shut down the ride-hailing service in Thailand and India. icij.org/investigations…
Our members are in solidarity with the RMT. Collective action & bargaining are the only tools we have to fight back against bosses, and secure good conditions. Asking workers to "play nice" and bear the brunt of inflation & rising living costs is unacceptable. We stand together!
McSheke @McSheke87317
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Don Rumata @don_rumata86567
341 Followers 4K Following Agent from a utopian communist planet sent to help Earthlings progress. I support well-meaning leftists of any affiliation.
Game Workers Unite Ir.. @GWU_Ireland
781 Followers 414 Following We're an organisation of workers across the Irish game industry. We're a branch of @fsuireland & part of a growing international movement of @gameworkers.
GWUAlberta @GWUAlberta
1 Followers 25 Following Game Workers Unite is an international grassroots movement and organization dedicated to empowering workers and unionizing the game industry. https://t.co/4AyKAPR6t2
Artur Matos Alves, Ph.. @artur_alves
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TheNorthCoast @TheNorthCoast1
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Anthony Forsyth @AnthonyForsyt10
3K Followers 5K Following Workplace Law Prof RMIT Uni. Chair VicGov LabourHire Inquiry 2016. President @AusLabourLaw. Labour Law Down Under Blog. "Future of Unions: Digital Picket Line".
STAA-CSN @OasisAnimUnion
145 Followers 306 Following Representing Quebec animation workers since 2019 “Chaque frame une image, chaque voix un égal!” “Every frame a picture, every voice an equal!”
Labour History Girl @labour_girl
4K Followers 454 Following Tweeting the good, the bad, and the ugly of Canadian labour history, union activism, and current events. She/her. 👩🏼✈️👩🏿⚕️👩🏽🏭👷🏻♀️👩🏼🔧
Tech Workers Coalitio.. @techworkersco
17K Followers 1K Following We are a coalition of workers in and around the tech industry, labor organizers, community organizers, researchers, and friends.
ann-marie.Paquette/Mu.. @MullenPaquette
72 Followers 2K Following partners with:(microsoft/google/twiitter/facebook/and another 1,990/soon to be public partners, i with my flagship of truth, "started..woman-movement"
Hand Eye Society @HandEyeSociety
6K Followers 647 Following A non-profit arts org dedicated to exploring videogames as a means of creative expression. Tweets by @Rokashi+staff
Alex @AlexReadsStuff
179 Followers 965 Following (he/him) Produced Backstory with @muscularpikachu Makes gay games. https://t.co/X4RYybHict
Christine Jones @travellingdoris
2K Followers 4K Following she/her eclectic, gregarious introvert, petulant. #humanrights, #JustTransition, #climatechange, #FFXIV, MMOs - playing & thinking about them as a 3rd space.
Kevin Cooper @BrotherCooper89
3K Followers 5K Following National Political Director at @AFGENational. Formerly Deputy National Political Director at @BernieSanders and @CWAUnion. Tweets are my own.
Jordan Kloosterman @Jp_klooster
313 Followers 1K Following Game & UI/UX designer, & programmer for hire. Math. ttrpg stuff. Say hi, ask me about Math.
Tyler McAuley-Vallier @itstylermv
3K Followers 411 Following Marketing for @nexusdigitalco. Cofounder of @TidalGamesCA & working on @StarlighterGame. Husband. Freelancer. Conqueror.
Game Workers Unite Tu.. @GWU_TR
17 Followers 19 Following @GameWorkers Türkiye yerel ayağı. DMler açık. ✊🏿🎮✊🏻 The local Turkey chapter of @GameWorkers. Building community and organizing workers. DMs open.
Christo⁷ ⟬⟭ ⟭.. @avantgardechris
45 Followers 496 Following Christopher, he/him T-Day 19-1-18 💉, Top Surgery 3-6-19🔪, Bottom Surgery 24-1-22🔪 BFA New Media'21, Canadian, Costumer, Dancer, Army 💜
Allison @sgyurf
57 Followers 163 Following
Kayla Spag @kaylaspag
2K Followers 2K Following cat whisperer // outgoing introvert // story teller & listener // she/they // feminist twin (rip) // ex-funeral director turned ex-podcaster // community driven
Jasmine 💖 Stinky E.. @Consentacle
159 Followers 864 Following ✧✿✧ Filipino-Canadian ✧ Just doin my best ✧✿✧
kezia @mystic_muffins
1K Followers 745 Following Game Developer & Generalist Programmer || making a game called @revertices || worked on Cuphead, We Are OFK, and more || they/them
Jimmy Lord @FlatheadGames
148 Followers 120 Following Flathead Games, the creators of The Depths(Android/BB10), Explosive Gas(XBLIG), 50 Swipes(Android) and Words in Bed(iOS/Android/PlayBook)
A⃝ Eugene King 🏴 @GeneTKing
251 Followers 2K Following Your beliefs are worthless unless they can be converted into action ⬋⬋⬋
GWU_Deutschland @GWU_Deutschland
548 Followers 375 Following Find us in the Fediverse: @[email protected] --- Tweets in DE/EN #GameWorkersUnite ✊🏾🎮
Alex Lane @TheConfusled
82 Followers 631 Following Master of IT spec. Data Sci. student in the RISE Research Group. Game dev & musician. Likes games, history, & gardening. ADHD, Bi/Pan, He/Him/They/Them
Game Workers of SoCal.. @GWSoCal
2K Followers 137 Following An independent collective of game workers building community and organizing the SoCal game industry. Formerly GWU LA and GWU OC, now unified! DMs open. ✊🏾🎮
Game Workers Australi.. @GameWorkersAU
2K Followers 75 Following Australia's first ever trade union for game workers! Powered by @ProfsAustralia. Our DMs are open 24/7 if you need help or assistance at work.
West Sinclair is surv.. @GWSsinclair
126 Followers 554 Following Labor organizer and game writer leading GWU ✍🏾Game Writers🕹️ Survey! Available in the US, France, Germany, and Canada with more regions TBD! #gamewriting
Sherri Flemings - @co.. @codewench
343 Followers 612 Following Eternal Tinkerer Dev @playbattlesnake Past Sr. Dev & Producer @snowedinstudios Lead UI @UbisoftMTL VP Eng @Skillcrush Lead Dev @GameHouse She / Her
Eric McQuiggan @EricMcQuiggan
742 Followers 738 Following 21st Century Virtual Boy. Dirty Rectangles and Conestoga College. Opinions presented here are my own.
Just Push Play (Ottaw.. @justpushplaycan
2K Followers 5K Following Canada's Videogame Web Show | All Business Inquiries: [email protected]
Kevin Smith @codepoetz
18 Followers 22 Following
Paige Marincak @paigemarincak
873 Followers 169 Following Programmer ⬧ Writer ⬧ Pixel Artist ⬧ CEO @atemly ⬧ @OttawaGames ⬧ Working on @GataelaProject @snackodev ⬧ She/They ⬧ English ⬧ 日本語
psan @santospaulm
83 Followers 222 Following He/they, temporarily alienated from the means of production ⚙️, prairie revolutionary 🌾
Jonathan Evraire @JonathanEvraire
103 Followers 394 Following Senior Generalist Programmer with decades of experience across a wide variety of C++ and C# projects. Enjoys low-level programming like engines & tools. He/him
Murray Christopherson @Roadrunner_EX
87 Followers 532 Following Software Developer, World Traveller and Root Beer Lover
La Grotte @lagrottepictave
229 Followers 2K Following Local anarchiste communiste et féministe | Anarchist communist and feminist space | Lugar de encuentro anarquista comunista y feminista
Tyler Norman @TyNorman
272 Followers 273 Following He/him. On my grief era bullshit. Sometimes makes games. Profile pic by @Lizalotdraws
Michael Brown (superm.. @Supermathie
705 Followers 1K Following husband to lovely @pixipea, father, son, sysadmin, #Neurodiverse VAST, problem solver, coder, gamer, hegemonic patriarchal 🍩 Site Reliability Enthusiast he/him
Tech Workers Coalitio.. @techworkersco
17K Followers 1K Following We are a coalition of workers in and around the tech industry, labor organizers, community organizers, researchers, and friends.
Thomas Pryde @TheCodingElf
436 Followers 331 Following prv. Lead developer on @terra_invicta. // Cat Dad // Ex-KindlyBeast // Prv. Cuphead developer
Allen Pestaluky @AllenPestaluky
1K Followers 455 Following https://t.co/F1rN1wpcmK He/him. Co-creator of Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. Vector display enthusiast. https://t.co/sK6RujMbiW.
Dirty Rectangles Otta.. @DirtyRectangles
2K Followers 1K Following Small group of nobodies. Ottawa Game Dev Show'N'Chill on the 3rd Wed of every month. Shoutout @Rectangles_TO
Canadian Gaming Expo @CanGamingExpo
2K Followers 902 Following From Game & Animation Marketing, to PR, Community and HR - we're here to amplify your brand and get you noticed!
Jillian Dawn @jillianmood
2K Followers 4K Following Sparkplug of culture & indie games marketing, and a powerhouse of positivity
Snowed In Studios @snowedinstudios
2K Followers 1K Following We are a game development studio in the heart of Ottawa! Our fun, relaxed studio is the perfect place to work on everything from mobile to AAA console titles!
Eric McQuiggan @EricMcQuiggan
742 Followers 738 Following 21st Century Virtual Boy. Dirty Rectangles and Conestoga College. Opinions presented here are my own.
Ottawa Gamedev Collec.. @OttawaGamedev
467 Followers 36 Following Strengthening Ottawa's games industry by connecting gamedevs to learn, network and gain career opportunities.
zoë “Baddie Procto.. @UnburntWitch
112K Followers 3K Following I make books, comics, tabletop and indie video games. really into making fake swords and armor with robots. senior narrative designer at a game studio.
GWU Dallas @GWU_Dallas
95 Followers 18 Following The local Dallas, TX Chapter of @GameWorkers. Building community and organizing workers. DMs are always open. #GameWorkersUnite ✊🏾🎮
GWU Belgium @GWU_Belgium
167 Followers 31 Following
GWU Boston @GWU_Boston
245 Followers 198 Following The local Boston, MA chapter of @GameWorkers. DMs open. Come join us! https://t.co/GoR6lBLGs2
Hangedman @JonahD
918 Followers 741 Following Jonah Davidson ＼ QA axeman @FinjiCo, writer, designer, eternal apprentice ＼ @DirtyRectangles, MERROW, @Chicory, @TunicGame, @Exocolonist, @UsualJuneGame
Arman Aghbali @ArmanBazz
892 Followers 3K Following Journalist | Associate Producer @TheCurrentCBC | @builttoplay | ایرانی | Brasileiro | RTs are a collective psychosis | @armanbazz.bsky.social
GWU Seattle @GWU_Seattle
386 Followers 60 Following The local Seattle, WA chapter of @GameWorkers. Building community and organizing workers. DMs open. #GameWorkersUnite ✊🏾🎮
GWU Baltimore @gwu_baltimore
117 Followers 29 Following The local DC-Baltimore area chapter of @GameWorkers. Building community and organizing workers. Our DMs are always open! #GameWorkersUnite
Gamma Space @GammaSpaceTO
4K Followers 1K Following We're a cooperative studio of game developers, artists, and creative technologists dedicated to exploring community-led flows of individual & collective support
Game Workers Australi.. @GameWorkersAU
2K Followers 75 Following Australia's first ever trade union for game workers! Powered by @ProfsAustralia. Our DMs are open 24/7 if you need help or assistance at work.
Hand Eye Society @HandEyeSociety
6K Followers 647 Following A non-profit arts org dedicated to exploring videogames as a means of creative expression. Tweets by @Rokashi+staff
Game Workers Unite Br.. @GWU_Brasil
354 Followers 10 Following Game Workers Unite Brasil é uma célula nacional da @GameWorkers. Pela união dos trabalhadores da indústria do videogame e da base do videogame independente.
IWGB Game Workers @IWGB_GW
6K Followers 179 Following Game Workers Unite! In the games industry? Join the union: https://t.co/ULtyYAdGdl A branch of the Independent Workers union. @IWGBunion
GWU Triangle @GWU_Triangle
127 Followers 28 Following The local chapter of @GameWorkers for The Triangle region of North Carolina. Building community and organizing workers. DMs open. #GameWorkersUnite ✊🏾🎮
GWU_Deutschland @GWU_Deutschland
548 Followers 375 Following Find us in the Fediverse: @[email protected] --- Tweets in DE/EN #GameWorkersUnite ✊🏾🎮
GWU Bay Area @GWU_BayArea
473 Followers 63 Following The local chapter of @GameWorkers for the Bay Area region of California. Building community and organizing game workers. DMs open. #GameWorkersUnite ✊🏾🎮
IATSE Canada 🇨🇦 @IATSECANADA
8K Followers 696 Following The Union Behind Entertainment. Behind the scenes and behind the screens - we are the crew! Follow our international account: @IATSE
Writers Guild of Cana.. @WGCtweet
17K Followers 1K Following The professional association of more than 2,500 English-language Canadian screenwriters.
GWU Orlando @GWU_Orlando
93 Followers 11 Following
Game Workers of SoCal.. @GWSoCal
2K Followers 137 Following An independent collective of game workers building community and organizing the SoCal game industry. Formerly GWU LA and GWU OC, now unified! DMs open. ✊🏾🎮
GWU Austin @GWU_Austin
209 Followers 25 Following The local Austin, TX chapter of @GameWorkers. Building community and organizing workers. DMs open. #GameWorkersUnite ✊🏾🎮
Syndicat des Travaill.. @stjv_fr
9K Followers 16 Following Syndicat de lutte indépendant pour la défense des salarié·es, freelances, intermittent·es, étudiant·es, etc. du #jeuvideo en France https://t.co/6bfWsja4Dk
GWU Montréal @GWU_Montreal
759 Followers 92 Following Organization de travailleu·ses·rs de l'industrie du jeu vidéo à Montréal. Building community and organizing workers. Nos DMs sont ouverts / Our DMs are open ✊🎮
Game Workers Unite �.. @GameWorkers
24K Followers 41 Following An international grassroots organization of game workers organizing unions to improve our industry. International and industrial solidarity! ✊🏽🎮
GWU Toronto @GWU_Toronto
564 Followers 43 Following The local Toronto, Canada chapter of @GameWorkers. Building community and organizing workers. DMs open. #GameWorkersUnite ✊🏾🎮
In 2021, my investigative-team colleague @tom_cardoso and I got tired of moaning about Canada's broken freedom of information regime. We decided to turn our reporting skills on the system itself. We had higher ambitions than a traditional story: SecretCanada.com
Through the brilliance of @CarysMills @amiham_singh @daniwebb_ @hyfen @yangsun_ys57f @_mingwong_ @renata @mattfrehner @McarthurGreg and others, SecretCanada.com teaches you how to file FOIs and appeal them. It's got sample letters and a letter generator. I'm so proud of it
have to admire the japanese, where "no party" regularly beats every established party in polling. a consistent vote for "we hate this"
These characters have music videos (WE ARE COMMUNIST PARTY) youtube.com/watch?v=jD9XIM… (14/19)
I received this Twitter DM from someone who asked the really interesting question: how do you manage underperforming team members? I don't think we've entirely "solved" this, but after employing people for 10 years, I have thoughts.
Looks like @GameWorkers has been doing some wheatpasting in Montréal...
Utrecht adds green roofs to its bus stops: improves the city's biodiversity, helps with storage of rainwater, and helps with cooling in the summertime. Let's make public transport even greener! brightvibes.com/1358/en/this-d… Video via @brightvibes_com's @thePitcher
I'm by no means a perfect manager, but this is an area of my management style that I'm really proud of, because I think it puts rigorous structure around the parts I'm weaker at. And guess what? I learned most of this from managers that treated me exactly this way.
Game Workers Unite is a grassroots org dedicated to helping workers organize to improve working conditions in the game industry. There’s a local chapter in Montreal, and many other cities in Canada & abroad! @GWU_Montreal @GWU_Ottawa @GWU_Toronto @GWU_Vancouver
🇨🇦 Here's a list of the Canadian chapters of @GameWorkers + their membership forms! 🇨🇦 🍁 @GWU_Vancouver goo.gl/forms/GXR74O2S… 🍁 @GWU_Ottawa docs.google.com/forms/d/1uQmzl… 🍁 @GWU_Toronto goo.gl/forms/PPZmInig… 🍁 @GWU_Montreal goo.gl/forms/GPPYYJ3B… Get involved! ✊🏾🎮
🗣️ OTTAWA GAME FOLKS! It's time to get organized 👉🏾 @GWU_Ottawa #GameWorkersUnite ✊🏾🎮 x.com/gwu_ottawa/sta…
Interested in getting directly involved with Game Workers Unite Ottawa? Fill out this application form! docs.google.com/forms/d/1uQmzl…
Do you live and work in Ottawa? Want to change the game industry for the better? Follow @GWU_Ottawa to stay informed and get involved! #GameWorkersUnite
My favorite pin/slogan from @GameWorkers is also my favorite E3 souvenir
If we pull this off I am writing such a guide for this
Researching co-op models for one off projects and it's amazing how difficult it is to start any project where people get paid in a format that isn't a top-down structure.
Found some #gameworkersunite pins out in the world! cc. @GameWorkers @GWU_Montreal
Do you live and work in Toronto? Want to change the game industry for the better? Follow @GWU_Toronto to stay informed and get involved! #GameWorkersUnite ✊🏾🎮
Our marvelous May mnewsletter is here! We've got ComicsxGames, @GWU_Toronto chapter meeting, some interesting games conference/exhibition deadlines and some exciting new local game releases. handeyesociety.com/calendar-diges…
Unintentional book/bookmark synchronicity 👀 @GameWorkers @GWU_Toronto
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