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Microsoft is laying off 1,900 people, or eight percent of staff, from its gaming division as it consolidates the blockbuster buyout of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard.

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300 quality-assurance workers at ZeniMax Studios, a Microsoft subsidiary, has voted to join the union. Microsoft approved creation of union

Workers at Microsoft's ZeniMax Studios have voted to form the company's first official labour union in the USA.

A group of video game testers is forming Microsoft’s first labor union in the U.S. It will also be the largest union in the video game industry.

"It's pretty momentous," said CWA spokesperson. "Microsoft is an outlier in the way tech companies have been behaving."

A group of video game testers has formed Microsoft’s first labor union in the U.S. It will also be the largest union in the video game industry.

Senior game tester Wayne Dayberry said Microsoft's neutrality promise gave workers confidence that there wouldn’t be any “retaliation or union-busting, which there has been none of.”