By DON McINTOSH
For the primary time ever, Microsoft has acknowledged a union representing staff. The unit consists of about 300 quality-assurance testers on the firm’s videogame unit, ZeniMax, that it acquired in 2021. Zenimax owns game-maker Bethesda which developed the blockbuster video video games The Elder Scrolls, Fallout and Starfield.
Final June, Microsoft dedicated to a labor neutrality settlement overlaying newly acquired Activision Blizzard employees. Which means the corporate wouldn’t combat efforts by employees to unionize. And CWA says it stored that dedication.
ZeniMax employees introduced their determination to unionize on Dec. 5. An election was held Dec. 31, and CWA introduced Jan. 3 that employees voted “overwhelmingly” to unionize.
