{"id":30702,"date":"2024-03-09T07:18:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T01:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/activision-qa-workers-form-the-largest-us-video-game-union-yet\/"},"modified":"2024-03-09T07:18:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T01:48:17","slug":"activision-qa-workers-form-the-largest-us-video-game-union-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/activision-qa-workers-form-the-largest-us-video-game-union-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Activision QA workers form the largest US video game union yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Around 600 workers in Activision Publishing\u2019s quality assurance department have formed a union. Assisted by the Communications Workers of America, the employees completed their vote with the results certified on Friday, March 8th. With that, Activision Quality Assurance United \u2013 CWA becomes the latest union to arise out of Microsoft\u2019s gaming division and the largest video game union in the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In an interview with The Verge<\/em>, Tom Shelley, a technical requirements specialist and one of Activision Quality Assurance United\u2019s organizers, said the labor neutrality agreement and Microsoft\u2019s acquisition of Activision Blizzard last year made their goals of unionizing easier to accomplish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis has been an emergent effort that\u2019s arisen in the last few weeks in response to the opportunities we\u2019ve had to freely organize following the merger,\u201d Shelley said. \u201cAs QA workers, we often have the weakest protections and lowest pay of any workers in the industry \u2014 even though our work is integral to the success of the companies we work for and the titles we make.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In quality assurance, workers test games looking for bugs and other issues, flagging them for other developers to fix. Since the majority of QA jobs are typically entry level, the industry has a reputation for devaluing these roles, emphasizing the need for labor protections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Shelley praised Microsoft for voluntarily recognizing the union and hopes it will inspire more organizing at the company and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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