UNIONS

Andrea Shearon Jul 19, 2022. 2 minute read

Blizzard Albany Announces Union Bid, Forms Albany Game Workers Alliance

The quality assurance testers of Blizzard Albany, formerly Vicarious Visions, have filed for a union representation election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). As the Albany Game Workers Alliance,  the workers have requested Activision Blizzard voluntarily recognize their union. Blizzard Albany (Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Diablo II: Resurrected) is…

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Imran Khan May 23, 2022. 1 minute read

Activision’s Raven QA Workers Vote to Unionize

Raven Software’s quality assurance team, a core part of the studio that contributes heavily to the Call of Duty series and specifically Warzone, has voted 19-3 in favor of unionizing. This is the next and most dramatic step in an ongoing saga that started with layoffs last year. While not the…

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Aron Garst Feb 21, 2019. 3 minute read

Five Myths About Unions, Dispelled

Whenever the subject of unionization in the video game industry is brought up online, a sea of comments and replies comes out against it. These comments usually have a few things in common: a fundamental misunderstanding of what unions are and how they work, a view of unions as evil…

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