Blizzard employees have formed a massively multiplayer union in the name of making World of Warcraft safer and more equitable to work on.
The Communications Workers of America has just confirmed over 500 employees at Blizzard Entertainment have formed a “wall-to-wall” union calling itself theGame Makers Guild.
Our union effort predates the recent layoffs, but witnessing them firsthand only served to solidify how important this effort is for the entire gaming industry,” Blizzard senior software engineer Kevin Vigue said in a statement about the union’s formation. “With our union contract, we can have a voice to minimize the impact of future layoffs and ensure we retain talent and knowledge whenever possible.
While the team’s voice will determine what we bargain for, we’ve also had numerous conversations with each other in the past few months. We suspect our top bargaining items will include layoff protections, improved work from home policies, transparency around performance and promotions, and pay adjustments to align with the expensive areas we live.”
The move comes not just as part of the video game industry’s wider labor movement, but in the wake of an ongoing swathe of devastating layoffs in the gaming industry. As of June alone, 10,000 people have Generally poor treatment from employers is nothing new in the entertainment industry as the unslakable appetites of the content beast will attest.
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