Overview
- Roughly 400 workers in Blizzard’s Platform & Technology group voted to unionize under the Communications Workers of America.
- Employees formed two bargaining units covering software engineering, product and project management, and design, as well as localization, QA, and customer support roles.
- Microsoft recognized the units, which will be represented by CWA Local 9510 in Irvine, California, and CWA Local 6215 in Austin, Texas.
- Organizers plan to elect a bargaining committee, survey members on priorities, and begin first-contract negotiations in the coming weeks.
- Workers cited layoffs, low pay, and contested return-to-office policies as key reasons for organizing, joining a broader wave of unionization across Microsoft-owned studios.