| ▲ | thewebguyd 2 hours ago | |
Its already started, within Blizzard. Communications Workers of America Union across the WoW and Overwatch teams. Also, no union employees at Blizzard were impact by Microsoft's Xbox layoffs/restructuring. Goes to show, Unions are important and work. The best time to unionize was several years ago. The next best time is now. | ||
| ▲ | Melatonic an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
Agreed Unions also many times (especially with "guild" type unions) can serve other valuable functions like guaranteeing a higher minimum quality of work (generally). | ||
| ▲ | scruple an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Diablo also unionized and there's some representation in non-game teams like Battle.net. But I also know (I'm in games and in OC myself, loads of friends at local studios from SD, to OC, and LA counties) that they had a demonstration last Thursday, at 2PM Pacific Time they walked out. They claim that leadership is not negotiating in good faith. | ||
| ▲ | NekkoDroid an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> Also, no union employees at Blizzard were impact by Microsoft's Xbox layoffs/restructuring. It might have to do with the unionisation, but I wouldn't be surprised that its just that Blizzard is like one of the like 4 money makers that MS still has in the gaming division and that is why they were spared. | ||