Some 600 Quality Assurance (QA) Workers employed at Activision Publishing, the Video Game-Maker that’s owned by Microsoft, are forming a Union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) - and say the historic neutrality agreements forged first by the CWA and the National AFL-CIO with the Technology Giant helped their organizing efforts.

In QA, Workers test games looking for bugs and other issues so developers can fix them and ensure the best experience possible for players.

These roles are often some of the lowest-paid work in the production process.

The victory was the latest for Campaign to Organize Digital Employees (CODE-CWA), a project of CWA to empower Tech, Gaming and Digital Industry Workers on the job.

This is the first Union at Activision since the pact went into effect and is now the largest Video Game Union in the country.

Staff say their goals include higher pay, improving job security and negotiating for more advancement opportunities.

“Microsoft’s choice will strengthen its corporate culture and ability to serve its customers and should serve as a model for the industry,” CWA President Claude Cummings, Jr. said.