AFL-CIO Calls on Game Developers to Unionize

Feb 16 2019 by IGN Xbox One

 

The AFL-CIO, the United States' largest federation of labor unions at 12.5 million members, has put out a call to game developers to unionize.

The letter, which was written by AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Liz Shuler on Kotaku, is "the group's first major public statement about organizing game developers."

She begins by bringing up the fact that "growing by double digits, U.S. video game sales reached $43 billion in 2018, about 3.6 times greater than the film industry’s record-breaking box...

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