Disco -electrics The developer ZA/UM Studio created the first recognized union at the workplace in the British game.
This is another noticeable milestone is that it has become a consistent desire for collective actions in the gaming industry, which continues to be destroyed by the dismissals and closures of the studio.
Allied employees of ZA/UM will be represented by an independent Union of British Workers (IWGB). The studio management recognized runs and will regularly meet with the committee of the selected representatives at the workplace to discuss issues at the workplace.
“Anyone who works in this sector may see that the game was falsified against us for too long. Now the developers in ZA/UM prove that, having gathered together as an union, we can regain strength and form our jobs for the better, ” – The spring Makparlin-Jones, chairman of the Game Workers Trade, said in his statementField
“We need to build a industry in which workers can create exciting, significant games, not sacrificing their social life, their mental health or their financial stability. I hope that the achievements of ZA/UM workers inspire others working in the game industry to join us in the struggle for a more fair, more stable sector. ”
The ZA/UM team has been fragmented from the start of the launch Disco -electrics In 2019 as a result dismissal And some Very public enmityBut the indie studio maintains the services of almost 100 employees around the world.
Evgenia Peruzzo, organizer of the IWGB game union, said that the formation and recognition of the ZA/UM trade union would help to “blamage the scale of the authorities” in the studio.
“Our first agreement on the recognition of IWGB ZA/UM is the proof of the authorities that they have players, when they gather together, trust each other and join our union,” said Peruzso.
“The recognition agreements are the basis for a healthy relationship between the company and employees and to renew the scale of abilities after several terrible years for the gaming industry and excess means that we have recently seen in ZA/UM. We are looking forward to much more in the future. Half, that this is not one of them, but this is an avalanche in the creation. ”
