Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 9510 Members who are employed at SEGA of America have ratified their first collectively bargained contract – which in the process becomes the first major Video Game Company in the Nation to get a Union contract.

The agreement covers 150 Full-Time and Temporary Employees across a range of job titles, including Designers, Translators, Editors, Producers, Quality Assurance Testers, Marketing Managers and more.

The ratified contract includes raises that ensure equitable compensation across titles and departments, layoff protections, requirements to provide notice of planned use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and more.

Local 9510 Member Jasmin Hernandez, a Short-Form Animation Production Manager at SEGA, said: "This is a watershed moment for Workers in the Video Game Industry.  We've proven that a collectively bargained contract with substantial improvements and protections is possible even when management takes an initially hostile stance toward Worker organizing.  We’re hopeful that in the midst of extensive layoffs, Workers across the Video Game Industry will see organizing as a pathway to improve working conditions for all of us.”

CWA Local 9510 President Peter O'Brien said: "Workers in the Video Game Industry have contributed to the success of multiple games and companies that have become household names. Yet, that hasn’t translated into the fair wages, job stability, or career trajectories they deserve. Workers at SEGA of America have just shown what is possible by standing together to demand the respect their hard work has earned."

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