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German workers in the gaming industry, alongside their union ver.di, a UNI affiliate, have issued a series of demands at devcom, Europe’s largest electronic game developer conference currently taking place in Cologne.
Video game workers in Germany and globally have been organizing for humane hours, job stability, decent pay, and respect. ver.di is using devcom to reinforce its ongoing push around workers’ major issues and to launch the Game Devs Round Table (GDRT), a worker-led association aimed at changing the industry.
“To stop merely complaining about peak workloads, harassment and opaque decision-making, employees in the games industry have actively organized the GDRT within ver.di. Together, our goal is to improve working conditions significantly. We advocate for fair wages, collective agreements, extended notice periods and gender equality. The industry urgently needs to rethink its approach,” said union secretary Matthias Grzegorczyk.
