Game Workers Unite UK is now a legal trade union of the brilliant Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, time to celebrate!
In the last nine months, the organisers of the Game Workers Unite UK chapter have been working non-stop to set this up and begin to protect the workers in the games industry. Well, we are finally here, so let’s PARTAY!!
Acts:
DARKOS STRIFE : London grime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEX3QnUYa_k
https://soundcloud.com/darkosstrife
BAAST : Angsty queers experimenting around pop, UK Dance music and Hip Hop
https://www.facebook.com/BAASTUK
Instagram: @b44st
DJs TBA – expect disco, R&B, UK garage, drum’n’bass etc
There will also be arcade machines, salsa dancing, GWUxIWGB merch sold at a discount, a tenner for a stone-baked pizza & a pint of craft ale, etc etc.
Everyone’s invited – game workers, journalists, academics, all supporters, gamers, non-gamers, trade unionists, anyone who wishes to celebrate this special occasion with us
More on GWU x IWGB:
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/dec/14/new-union-video-games-workers-launch-uk-game-workers-unite
Eventbrite Link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/game-workers-unite-uk-launch-party-feat-darkos-strife-and-baast-tickets-53968523306
Game workers in need of a union? Be sure to JOIN:
https://www.gwu-uk.org/join/
Twitter: @GWU_UK
Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/gwuUK/
Website: http://gwu-uk.org/
Independent Workers Union of Great Britain:
Twitter: @IWGBunion
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/IWGBunion/?locale2=en_GB
Website: https://iwgb.org.uk