Nearly 300 quality assurance workers at video game studios owned by Microsoft have taken steps towards forming a union.
Nearly 300 quality assurance workers at video game studios owned by Microsoft have taken steps towards forming a union, according to a representative from the Communication Workers of America, which represents them.If it succeeds, it’ll be the biggest effort to unionize yet seen in the game industry.
Microsoft will voluntarily recognize the union if the majority of the workers say they want it, a rep for CWA said in a press release. That recognition would avoid the contentious National Labor Relations Board review process that has slowed unionization efforts among testers at Activision Blizzard. Two Activision Blizzard QA teams formed unions this year via the NLRB-administered process, including one studio last week.pledged earlier this yearThat promise was an olive branch to workers skeptical of Microsoft's actions, should the company succeed in its $69 billion bid to buy Activision Blizzard.
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