The overwhelming majority of recreation builders plying their commerce in the US are in favor of unionization.
That is in accordance with information from the 2026 State of the Sport Trade (SOTI) survey, which discovered that 82 % of respondents located within the U.S. help the unionization of recreation {industry} employees.
The most recent SOTI report—an annual survey performed by GDC Pageant of Gaming primarily based on responses from over 2,300 {industry} professionals—discovered that solely 5 % of builders within the U.S. had been outright against unionization.
In the meantime, 13 % of respondents had been not sure whether or not they help unionization.
Assist for unionization was larger amongst employees incomes lower than $200,000 per yr and those that had been laid off typically prior to now two years. Folks underneath the age of 45 additionally expressed extra help than their older counterparts.
Against this, respondents in management roles (firm homeowners and executives) weren’t fairly as satisfied. Though 58 % stated they help unionization, 18 % stated they had been opposed, and 24 % had been not sure concerning the prospect of collective group.
Whereas help for unionization was typically widespread, solely 12 % of respondents stated they’re at present a part of a union.
That determine contains members of each industry-wide unions similar to UVW-CWA (10 %) and firm unions (2 %). That quantity would possibly quickly change, nevertheless, with 62 % of respondents explaining they’re fascinated by becoming a member of a union.
Sport Developer and GDC Pageant of Gaming are sibling firms underneath Informa Festivals.
