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As it stands, Game Workers Unite currently has around 360 members, which represents between a quarter and a fifth of games industry professionals working in Australia.
The group will then push for better working conditions, which includes the industry's first enterprise agreement, a collective deal that lays out worker entitlements across a particular company. It also seeks to improve wages for freelancers.
Unite also aims to later hire industry professionals to increase its footprint, and offer additional help such as legal representation for employees. To supplement this, it'll offer membership tiers, the highest priced at $64 per month.
"The video game industry is wildly profitable," Game Workers Unite co-secretary told the Herald. "And workers are increasingly seeing worse and worse conditions with less and less job security."
As it stands, Game Workers Unite currently has around 360 members, which represents between a quarter and a fifth of games industry professionals working in Australia.
The group will then push for better working conditions, which includes the industry's first enterprise agreement, a collective deal that lays out worker entitlements across a particular company. It also seeks to improve wages for freelancers.
Unite also aims to later hire industry professionals to increase its footprint, and offer additional help such as legal representation for employees. To supplement this, it'll offer membership tiers, the highest priced at $64 per month.
"The video game industry is wildly profitable," Game Workers Unite co-secretary told the Herald. "And workers are increasingly seeing worse and worse conditions with less and less job security."
