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The Number One Educational Resource for the Game Industry

Session Name: Now Is the Time! Workers in Games Are Ready to Form Unions
Speaker(s): Dan Beglov, Andrew Buczacki, Chrissy Fellmeth, Lauren Lehmann, Matthew Vimislik
Company Name(s): Sensorium, Team Gramps, Drifter Entertainment, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Terrible Posture Games, Workinman Interactive
Track / Format: Career Development

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Overview: The time for game workers to organize is now! Join the movement with a discussion about what workers in games can do to change their working conditions for the better collectively. What can workers do to collectively change the industry? Panelists, including workers in games, will discuss the topic of unionization and give clear and actionable steps for what's next for laborers. Topics will include laborers' rights as workers, what employers might do, and how they can start the process today. Following this event, a question and answer session and strategies for moving into a union campaign will occur.

Game Developers Conference 2024

Dan Beglov

Sensorium, Team Gramps

Andrew Buczacki

Drifter Entertainment

Chrissy Fellmeth

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)

Lauren Lehmann

Terrible Posture Games

Matthew Vimislik

Workinman Interactive

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Career Development

Game Career / Education