The Campaign to Organize Digital Employees or CODE-CWA is a project launched by the
Communications Workers of America
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States, representing about 700,000 members in both the private and public sectors (also in Canada and Puerto Rico). The union has 27 loc ...
to unionize tech and video game workers in January 2020.
It sprung out of conversations with
Game Workers Unite (GWU) and employed at least two full time staff, including GWU co-founder
Emma Kinema and veteran
SEIU organizer Wes McEnany.
In 2022,
Jessica Gonzalez joined, a former Activision Blizzard QA tester.
CODE-CWA campaigns have been launched at a range of workplaces such as major multinational tech companies, small
startups
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, video game studios, media companies,
AAA game
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Arts, entertainment, and media
Gaming
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publishers,
worker co-operatives, and
table-top game companies. As of August 2022, CODE-CWA has organized over 3000 union members in various sub-industries of the tech sector across over 25 bargaining units in the last two years of organizing.
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Campaigns
See also
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Alphabet Workers Union
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Game Workers Unite
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Google worker organization
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Tech unions in the United States
A tech union is a trade union for tech workers typically employed in high tech or information and communications technology sectors. Due to the evolving nature of technology and work, different government agencies have conflicting definitions for w ...
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Tech Workers Coalition
References
External links
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Video game trade unions
Trade unions in the United States
worker organization
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Labor relations in the United States
Communications Workers of America