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Acting union SAG-AFTRA has announced the terms of its tentative agreement, with some victories in "AI" generated voice libraries and stunt actors.
ZeniMax Media workers have made a two year deal after union negotiations succeed.
Nearly 200 members of the Overwatch team have organized at Blizzard, forming a union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).
Weeks after voting to authorize a strike should contract negotiations collapse, ZeniMax Workers United - CWA, is expressing frustration at the delays that have left them without a contract after two years.
New United Videogame Workers-CWA union announced at GDC; open to all US and Canada game workers and musicians, ncluding freelancers, and those unemployed.
Zenimax Online Studios has officially become the latest full-fledged, full-studio union at Microsoft, which has voluntarily recognized the studio.
SAG-AFTRA actors cannot perform work for many major video games projects and interactive media, including promotional events, with some exceptions.Â
The entire World of Warcraft development team has unionized at Blizzard Entertainment, the CWA announced today, bringing over 500 developers into the new wall-to-wall union at the studio.
Sega Europe lays off 240, and sells Relic Entertainment to independent investor. Meanwhile, unionized Sega America employees get a contract deal.
A group of Activision Blizzard QA workers has formed the single-biggest union under a studio, and Microsoft formally recognizes it.
Development studio Flying Wild Hog has unionized. Parent company Embracer Group has been one of many laying off employees in a rough time for the industry.
Activision Blizzard is ending its hybrid work policy for its quality assurance teams, requiring in-office work for QA employees in El Segundo, Austin and Minneapolis. The ABK Workers Alliance has pushed back against this mandate, calling the move a "soft layoff."
Following a deal that will convert some contract employees to full time Microsoft employees, negotiations between Microsoft and ZeniMax Workers United have resulted in a new tentative agreement over the use of AI.Â
Microsoft is converting workers from ZeniMax Workers United from contract work into unionized employees. This affects 23 out of 77 workers in the group and means both access to benefits and a pay raise.
Now that the deal to acquire Activision Blizzard is complete, Microsoft's Brad Smith has reiterated the company's commmitment to its 2022 labor neutrality agreement with the Communication Workers of America, which represents several industry unions.
