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Tech & Digital Workers | Solidarity Federation Jump to Navigation Solidarity Federation Section of the International Workers Association HomeEvents Know your rights Organiser training Joining SolFed AboutIntroduction to SolFed Our Aims Industrial Strategy Community Strategy SolFed Constitution Contact LocalsBrighton Bristol Calderdale Cambridge Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North London Northampton Norwich South London Thames Valley Industrial NetworksEducation Workers Unwaged Workers Private Sector Workers Public Service Workers Tech & Digital Workers PublicationsCatalyst DirectWhoopeePamphlets Fighting for ourselves (book) Login You are hereHome » Tech & Digital Workers Tech & Digital Workers The Tech & Digital Network (in-formation) is an industrial network tent all SF members who work in high-tech, digital or scientific industries. We currently have members working in system engineering, web development, games, solid state electronics and scientific research. Our network is an industrial network, meaning that all workers in these industries are welcome, from programmers, to admin to cleaning staff. Our aim is to support worker self -organisation in our industries, to build our strength and independence as a matriculation and to stand in solidarity wherever workers are in struggle. A hunger for unionisation: what's happening in the games industry? The Game DevelopersPrimingin San Francisco (more wontedly known as GDC) is one of the highlights of the game industry calendar. An yearly event drawing game developers of all stripes from virtually the globe, it is seen as one of the premier places for developers to network, companies to show off new tech, CEOs to mingle and merchantry deals to be made. Yet the big discussion stimulative priming goers at this year's GDC was something very different. Namely the unionisation of the games industry. Read increasingly well-nigh A hunger for unionisation: what's happening in the games industry? Winning Together -JointIdentity and WorkplaceWhoopeeA member of the SolFed Tech & Digital workers network recounts the towers of a joint identity in their workplace, pushing a joint grievance and towers on workplace victories. I was sat at home during the christmas holidays when I recieved an email from my line manager from work. The email said that me and all of the my fellow workers in the department were to get a significant payrise, backdated to November. 'Congratulations!' said the email. I was overjoyed. Not just considering of the uneaten money, but considering I knew full well it hadn't been given to us by the visitor out of the goodness of our executives' hearts, but due to a long term wayfarers of joint whoopee and pressure from all of the workers in my department. Read increasingly well-nigh Winning Together -JointIdentity and WorkplaceWhoopeeReport from the first SF Tech & Digital Workers' network meetingUnelevatedis a unenduring worth of the first meeting of the Solidarity Federation's Tech & Digital Workers' network, held in Oct 2012. The Tech & Digital network is made up of those SF members who work in the industry and is aiming to help get workers in the industry organising together. This October saw the Tech & Digital Workers' network of the Solidarity Federation hold it's first meeting at the Freedom offices in London. There was a very good attendance, including both SF members and interested non-members. There was a good number of variegated fields represented at the meeting including; I.T. Support, web development, solid state electronics, games and research among others. Read increasingly well-nigh Report from the first SF Tech & Digital Workers' network meeting First meeting of the Tech & Digital Workers' network - Oct 2012 The Solidarity Federation's Tech & Digital Workers' network will be having its first meeting in late Oct 2012, in London. We are very keen to make contact with other workers in technological or digital industries who are interested in helping workers get organised. We currently have members working in systems engineering, web development, games development, electronics and research. If you are interested in getting involved with the network, then get in touch via the 'contact' section of the SF website.   Read increasingly well-nigh First meeting of the Tech & Digital Workers' network - Oct 2012 The Global Chain Gang Auto, a games industry worker and SolFed member, writes well-nigh the horrific working conditions of those at the other end of his industry's supply chain; workers in the infamous factories of Foxconn. He argues that despite stuff halfway virtually the world, we're not so variegated without all... Last month I wrote an vendible well-nigh crunch time in the games industry; the large amounts of unpaid overtime that have wilt a worldwide full-length of the game minutiae cycle. However, us tech workers in the west are simply the thin end of the wedge. If you want to see true horrors of exploitation, simply spin the globe and squint at to the east. To China, Taiwan and all the other new darlings of the manufacturing industry. Read increasingly well-nigh The Global Chain Gang When it comes to the Crunch - Unpaid overtime in the Games Industry Auto, a Solidarity Federation member and games industry worker writes well-nigh the practice of 'Crunch Time' - the long hours of unpaid overtime in the games industry and the reasons overdue it.   Imagine if you had to requite your visitor over fifteen hours of uneaten unpaid work a week. Imagine if you hadn’t been worldly-wise to melt yourself a proper meal in over two months. Imagine if you came home late at night and left for work early in the morning, that’s if you plane leave work at all. Welcome to the modern games industry! Read increasingly well-nigh When it comes to the Crunch - Unpaid overtime in the Games Industry contact info If you work in technological or digital industry and are looking to get organised then get in touch! We can be reached through the contact form linked below. You can get in touch with us via the contact form on this site. SF sites links iwa-ait.orgaf-britain.org.ukswf-iwa.org.ukdam-iwa.org.ukstuffyourboss.comselfed.org.ukdirect-action.org.ukold SF site Main menu 2HomeWell-nighContact Locals Industrial Networks Publications Login Solidarity Federation