Whispers about unionization in the video game industry go back at least a decade. Despite the online conversations in support of organizing, the industry has largely been resistant to unionization.
was voluntarily recognized, becoming the first union in video games in North America. U.S. This is a hopeful trend for people working to unionize video games, but Activision Blizzard is neither small nor independent. And as such, workers there have taken alternate routes towards organizing.
Jessica Gonzalez left the company late last year — but not before helping form the ABK Worker's Alliance, an organizing group within the company meant to help draw attention to worker concerns. Similar groups have risen up across the tech industry, says Kochan, such as the"So they start small and they try to build support among workers through social media," he says, as well as making customers aware of their concerns.
When it comes to traditional unions, and all the powers they afford, QA testers at Raven have the will do join one. But the odds are stacked against them: According to aBut that number drops to 18% when it comes to the question ofthe video game industry unionize. And all eyes in the industry are on the QA workers at Raven to see if they can shift that number.
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