Activision Blizzard testers created the largest game development union in the United States
March 8, 2024 Communications Workers of America (CWA) reportedthat they were joined by about 600 QA engineers from Activision Blizzard, developer of the games Call Of Duty, Warcraft, Diablo. Thus, the new Activision Quality Assurance United-CWA union has become the largest in the US gaming industry.
The merger occurred 1.5 months after Microsoft announced about the reduction of 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox. According to labor activists, Microsoft voluntarily admitted creation of a trade union.
The creation of a union at Activision Blizzard was another successful step in campaigns to organize digital workers (The Campaign to Organize Digital Employees). Trade unions have already been created in Raven Software, ZeniMax, Blizzard Albany, SEGA, TCGPlayer/eBay.
