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Today, Quality Assurance workers at Activision’s Raven Software video game studio won their union election and will be represented by the Communications Workers of America.

Raven Software employees voted in favor of joining the union, formally creating the Alliance of Game Workers, now the first triple-A video game developer union in the United States.

QA testers at Call of Duty developer Raven Software have succeeded in their efforts to unionise, the vote passing with 19 in favour and 3 against. They

Prior to the vote, Activision declined to voluntarily recognize the Game Workers Alliance. They also urged workers to "consider the consequences" of signing union authorization cards.

The Game Workers Alliance is the first union at Activision Blizzard or any major US publisher..

A vote by Activision workers could give unions a foothold in gaming

Activision Blizzard contends "these allegations are false"

Workers at Keywords Studios’ Edmonton location are organizing because, in addition to making CA$15 an hour (minimum wage), they’re looking at large commuting costs under return-to-office orders.

Creators pray they dont alter it any further

Nearly 1,100 of Activision Blizzard's U.S.-based temporary and contingent quality assurance (QA) workers who test the company's video games will be given full-time status starting July 1.