An industry-wide video game workers union launched Wednesday in partnership with Communications Workers of America (CWA).

Today, a group of cross-discipline video game workers have announced the first-ever direct-join industry-wide union in North America, known as United Videogame Workers, organizing with Communications Workers of America (UVW-CWA).

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is launching an industry-wide union of video game workers in North America and Canada, which it says will help "build worker power irrespective of studio and current job status".