Blizzard’s Diablo team has unionized

More than 450 game programmer at Blizzard Diablo The team formed a union, making them one of the largest and most recent groups of Microsoft workers to do it. The new Union includes game developers, artists, designers, engineers and support staff Diablo Franchise, according to the communication workers of America (CVA) announcementwhich he voted “strongly in favor” to represent the CVA.

The Diablo The team wants to improve compensation, job security and workplace conditions under its Microsoft parent company. Over 3,500 Microsoft employees are now in CVA unions, including more than 500 World of Warcraft developers Who formed Blizzard’s first union wall to the wall last year. Microsoft was fired As many as 9,100 employees Earlier this year and 1,900 employees In activating Blizzard and Xbox in 2024 years.

“With all the next round of mass dismissal, I testified that it was stronger in his colleagues because it was not enough for us to not be enough for us to protect us,” Kelly IEO said, a member of the organized Diablo Union board. “This is just the first step to join the movement that spreads throughout the industry that is tired of live. “