Game changer: A labour group in Québec is pushing for a province-wide video game workers’ union

By Michael Iantorno, PhD Candidate in Communications, Concordia University

Two labour organizations in Québec, Game Workers Unite (GWU) Montréal and the trade union Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), have announced they’re partnering for a union drive. Their goal is an ambitious one: to create a province-wide union for workers in the video game industry.

Québecers are likely familiar with CSN for its pivotal role in last winter’s mass labour action — one of the largest in Canadian history — involving…

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