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@denmanrooke@social.coop
2025-07-10 10:17:45

I'm heading to London for Games Transformed: Smash the Fash event.
I'll be on a panel titled "What Can the Left Learn From Struggles in the Games Industry?" & speaking on our @gwuireland.bsky.social union organising with game workers in Ireland.
It's this weekend! Tickets here:

Games Transformed 2025 poster. Pelican House London E1 5QJ. 12 07 25. Smash the Fash.
Timetable graphic for Games Transformed 2025
Graphic for the talk What can the Left Learn from Struggles in the Games Industry? 15:300-16:30 - Ground Floor, Event Space. Featuring GWUI, Draught Strikers, IWGB, Equity, STJV, Tom Nicholas, and Chris Bratt.
@denmanrooke@social.coop
2025-05-31 22:58:41

We in Game Workers Unite Ireland stand in solidarity with Animation Workers of Ireland, and the international trade union coalition happening to organise against the threat of AI in the animation industry, and we support their call to acton.
Join them Thursday 12 June at 14:00 at the Pâquier in Annecy!!
#Animation

ANIMATION INDUSTRY IN DANGER : WORLD UNIONS DECLARE EMERGENCY IN THE FACE OF GENERATIVE Al USE. Graphic with the text Let's Stop AI Generated Art.
ENGLISH VERSION This statement was composed by a collective of international Animation Unions, federations, and organisations calling for action in regards to the usage of generative Artificial Intelligence and its destructive impact, not only on the global animation industry and the craft itself, but also on everyone who is employed by it, our culture and our planet. The animation industry is suffering, after the explosion of the streaming bubble and the pandemic. The workers are feeling the …
This same technology is being used to foster dissent, confusion and distrust among the public. This unchecked growth and unjustified techno-optimism comes with incredible environmental consequences, including expanding demand for computing power, larger carbon footprints, shifts in patterns of electricity and water demands and an accelerated depletion of natural resources. As such, there is a need for protection frameworks around GenAl, centered around transparency, compensation, control on the…
We invite all workers, students and allies to join us in Annecy festival, to discuss concerns and defense against GenAl, and to hear unions representatives read the statement on Thursday, June 12th, at 2 PM, on the Paquier (and then a map graphic)
@denmanrooke@social.coop
2025-07-03 13:09:58

Romero Games here in Galway has announced the redundancies of a large amount of staff.
If you have been affected and need support, please reach out to me so our union Game Workers Unite Ireland can help support you.
Connect with me at contact@denmanrooke.com or the union advice centre at fsunion.org/member…

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