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200 Overwatch devs at Activision Blizzard vote to unionise


Almost 200 Overwatch developers working at Activision Blizzard have unionised, joining the Communications Workers of Am…

A wall-to-wall unit - now known as The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild-CWA (OWGG-CWA) - the union includes game developers across all disciplines, including design, production, engineering, art, sound, and quality assurance. Watch on YouTube"The massive layoffs in the video game industry, and at my own studio, became one of the first reasons I started to learn about how to organise to create a healthier workplace for everyone," said Frank Le Cocq, VFX artist and organising committee member. "When we began our union efforts, it was empowering to know that our coworkers next door at World of Warcraft had already successfully gone through the process."

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