# As layoffs continue to ravage the games industry, a union across North America establishes a fund to help those impacted by it

> The United Videogame Workers union (UVW-CWA) has launched a new fund to help laid off workers across the US and Canada.

- **Source:** [Eurogamer](https://www.eurogamer.net/united-videogame-workers-union-hardship-funds-laid-off-employees?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a4cef9faaeb65a91633f883)
- **Published:** 2026-07-07
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #xbox
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a4cef9faaeb65a91633f883

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