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Microsoft’s World of Warcraft development workers are unionizing
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Microsoft’s World of Warcraft development workers are unionizing

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — More than 500 workers behind the popular video game franchisee “World of Warcraft” are unionizing. It also builds on an expansion of organized labor seen among Microsoft video game workers since the tech giant’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard last year. With Wednesday’s World of Warcraft news, alongside other recent organizing efforts, CWA says more than …

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Activision Blizzard’s ‘World of Warcraft’ game developers vote to unionize
5 months ago

Activision Blizzard’s ‘World of Warcraft’ game developers vote to unionize

LA Times  

Video game workers at Blizzard Entertainment who work on the popular game “World of Warcraft” have voted to unionize. The more than 500 game developers at Blizzard Entertainment who work on the blockbuster video game “World of Warcraft” have elected to form a union, marking the latest entrant in a wave of unionizing efforts in the video game industry. “We …

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What the Microsoft Activision deal means for labor unions
1 year, 2 months ago

What the Microsoft Activision deal means for labor unions

LA Times  

A labor neutrality agreement between the Communications Workers of America and Microsoft kicks in at Activision Blizzard 60 days after the acquisition closes. Microsoft’s $69-billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard could provide the growing labor movement among video game workers a boost because of a labor neutrality agreement the company entered last year. CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. called the acquisition, …

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Video game workers form Microsoft’s first U.S. labor union
1 year, 11 months ago

Video game workers form Microsoft’s first U.S. labor union

LA Times  

A group of video game testers is forming Microsoft’s first labor union in the U.S. and the largest in the video game industry. Communications Workers of America said that about 300 quality-assurance workers at Microsoft video game subsidiary ZeniMax Studios have voted to join the union. A group of video game testers is forming Microsoft’s first labor union in the …

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Microsoft, CWA enter into labour neutrality agreement
2 years, 6 months ago

Microsoft, CWA enter into labour neutrality agreement

The Hindu  

Microsoft and the Communications Workers of America said on Monday they have entered into a labour neutrality agreement, enabling workers to freely and fairly choose union representation. “This agreement provides a pathway for Activision Blizzard workers to exercise their democratic rights to organise and collectively bargain after the close of the Microsoft acquisition and establishes a high road framework for …

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