CODE-CWA

The Campaign to Organize Digital Employees or CODE-CWA is a project launched by Communications Workers of America to unionize tech and video game workers in January 2020.[1] It sprung out of conversations with Game Workers Unite and organized at least two full time staff, including GWU co-founder Emma Kinema and Wes McEnany.[1]

Glitch staff announced intentions to unionize with the CWA Local 1101 as part of CODE-CWA in early 2020. The company voluntarily recognized their union. Around the same time, the company laid off a third of its staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] and in October 2020, Blue State Digital also voted to form a union with CWA Local 1101.[4] On January 4, 2021 over 400 employees of Alphabet (parent company of Google) formed the Alphabet Workers Union as part of CWA Local 1400 with rare a solidarity union/minority union model. Alphabet Workers Union is notably open to non Alphabet employees, including Temporary, Vendor and Contracter workers, who make up almost half of the workforce.[5][6]

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References
  1. Dean, Sam (2020-01-07). "Major union launches campaign to organize video game and tech workers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  2. Kastrenakes, Jacob (May 22, 2020). "Glitch lays off 'substantial number of employees' to cut costs". The Verge. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. Heater, Brian (March 13, 2020). "Online code collaboration tool Glitch votes to unionize". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  4. Miller, Sean (October 21, 2020). "Employees At Democratic Firm Blue State Unionized By CODE-CWA". Campaigns and Elections. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  5. Conger, Kate (2021-01-04). "Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  6. Tiku, Nitasha. "Google workers launch unconventional union with help of Communications Workers of America". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
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