Beat the 'crunch': new union for video games workers launches

Game Workers Unite UK will take aim at unpaid overtime, racism and sexism in sectorIt is known as “crunch” – long hours of unpaid overtime put in by computer games workers in the run-up to highly anticipated releases, often at the behest of managers.But the practice could soon be a thing of the past, as games workers unionise for the first time this weekend, taking aim at overtime, racism, sexism and bullying, which some say is rife in the sector. Continue reading...