picture: blizzard Activision Blizzard’s playbook fell short again. In spite of Delays, Remedies and Threats towards workers that organizing would lead to lower wage increases, quality assurance developers at the Diablo Production studio Blizzard Albany today voted 14-0 to unionize. That Game Workers Alliance Albany are now the second group within Activision Blizzard to form ...
picture: blizzard Already in July A group of 21 quality assurance staff at Activision’s Albany studio – formerly known as Vicarious Visions – announced their intention to unionise. Today the National Labor Relations Board confirmed that their vote can go ahead. The verdict came about because –and interrupt me if you’ve heard this before– Publisher ...
image: Activision Blizzard Raven’s QA workers winning the right to unionize was a short-lived victory; in the days since returning from their strike Activision has announced plans to split everyone up, and then reveal a larger strategy that’s aimed at crushing this movement before it’s allowed to take hold. Anyone still operating under the delusion ...
image: Game Workers Australia Game Workers Unite Australia, an organization that was previously a counseling and support organization, announced today that it will transition to a full union early next year. In its previous form, GWUA had “supported and empowered workers to build a better games industry” by providing information and guidance to anyone wishing ...
