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Today, nearly 400 video game workers within Blizzard’s Platform & Technology department have voted strongly in favor of union representation with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), either by signing a union authorization card or indicating that they wanted union representation via an online portal.
When you're owned by the biggest corporate c**t to have ever existed then you better be in a union.
"With every subsequent round of mass layoffs, I've witnessed the dread in my coworkers grow stronger because it feels like no amount of hard work is enough to protect us," said Kelly Yeo, Team 3 Game Producer on Diablo and organizing committee member. “I am overjoyed that we have formed a union—this is just the first step for us joining a movement spreading across an industry that is tired of living in fear. We are ready to begin fighting for real change alongside our Diablo colleagues.”
For the third time, one of Blizzard's internal teams has decided to join a union after the studio was hit by layoffs earlier this year.
In completely unrelated news, Blizzards Story Team no longer exist after they were definitely not targeted for unionising during the next round of MS layoffs
there has to be more to that story, the whole team? you mean for wow? not all of activision blizzard
I'd be scared to lose my job as well if I wrote the story for modern wow cause it's terrible.
sorry, to be clear I was being facetious since King and Zenimax Online recently voted to unionise and then by pure coincidence I'm sure, they were the hardest hit by layoffs.
If MS could, they'd get rid of all of their staff and then re-hire them as contractors. Probably at more cost, but without all the employee benefits they'd get if they were permanent. They will hate their teams doing this and now imo they'll become a big target.
Whaaaat? Is this for real? If so, Blizzard are f-ing idiots...