Another Division of Activision Blizzard has voted to Unionize under the Communications Workers of America (CWA). More than 400 Staff from the company's Platform and Technology Department - including Designers, Engineers, QA Testers, Localization Teams and Workers on Battle.net, have voted to join several other Blizzard Divisions to Unionize. Microsoft has reportedly recognized the Union. These Workers perform a number of essential roles for the Game Developer and are represented by CWA Locals 9510 and 6215. Their roles include Software Engineers, Project And Product Managers and Graphic Designers for Battle.net, the platform that houses all of Blizzard’s on-line products and services. Workers within the new Bargaining Units also work on localization, quality assurance testing and customer support for the company’s other products. “I’ve been at Blizzard for nearly twenty years and I’ve seen so many incredible colleagues in the industry come and go for preventable reasons - either for better compensation or as a result of layoffs. Our culture is our people and we can’t afford to lose that,” said Organizing Committee Member and Principal Software Engineer Daniel Weltz. “We are forming a Union to hold leadership accountable and to ensure that we can focus on building amazing experiences for the gaming community.”

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