600 Activision Blizzard quality assurance (QA) workers have voted to unionise.
As reported by Polygon, hundreds of QA testers voted to unionise with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) to form Activision Quality Assurance United – CWA. Of the 398 votes submitted, just eight voted not to unionise.
Microsoft – which acquired Activision Blizzard last year for $69bn – voluntarily agreed to recognise the union, making it the largest game union in the US.
“Something we organised around is that in this industry, QA and customer service are the lowest paid jobs, and often looked down upon either within the industry or by customers,” explained Kara Fannon, Activision QA tester and organising committee member.