{"id":1214082,"date":"2026-02-22T02:48:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2jbdsfknUFU3TBhYXxzuwV"},"modified":"2026-02-22T02:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:48:57","slug":"zenimax-qa-union-reaches-a-tentative-contract-agreement-with-microsoft-including-substantial-across-the-board-wage-increases-worker-protections-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/zenimax-qa-union-reaches-a-tentative-contract-agreement-with-microsoft-including-substantial-across-the-board-wage-increases-worker-protections-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"ZeniMax QA union reaches a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft including &#8216;substantial across-the-board wage increases,&#8217; worker protections, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Just two months after voting to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/zenimax-workers-union-votes-to-authorize-a-strike-against-microsoft-over-stalled-contract-negotiations\/\">authorize a strike action<\/a> over stalled negotiations with Microsoft, ZeniMax Workers United-CWA has announced a tentative contract agreement that includes &#8220;substantial across-the-board wage increases&#8221; along with new minimum salaries for employees, protections against arbitrary dismissal, grievance procedures, and a new policy for game credits &#8220;that clearly acknowledges the QA workers&#8217; contributions to the videogames they help create.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;QA workers from across the country continue to lead the charge for industry-wide change,&#8221; senior QA tester and ZeniMax Workers United-CWA bargaining committee member Page Branson said in the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cwa-union.org\/news\/releases\/video-game-workers-reach-historic-tentative-contract-agreement-microsoft\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a>. &#8220;Going toe-to-toe with one of the largest corporations in the world isn\u2019t a small feat. This is a monumental victory for all current videogame workers and for those that come after.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ZeniMax Workers United was formed in January 2023 and negotiations for a first contract began shortly thereafter, but made limited headway over the following two years. In April 2025, members voted to authorize union leadership to call for a strike if negotiations continued to drag on with no progress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Microsoft and ZeniMax continue to demonstrate at the bargaining table that they&#8217;re unwilling to pay us fair wages for the value our labor provides to our games, we&#8217;ll be showing them just how valuable our labor is,&#8221; ZeniMax Workers United-CWA Local 6215 member and senior QA tester Zachary Armstrong said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft, however, said &#8220;substantial progress&#8221; had been made over the course of the negotiations, adding that it had presented a &#8220;fair&#8221; proposal to the union that &#8220;if accepted it would result in immediate compensation increases, even more robust benefits and is in alignment to the company&#8217;s hybrid model of three days in office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the end of the process: &#8220;Contract explanation meetings&#8221; for the union&#8217;s more than 300 members will take place over the next few weeks, and a ratification vote is expected to be concluded by June 20. Assuming the union votes in favor (and I think that&#8217;s a pretty safe assumption), this will be the first game industry contract of its kind in the US, but it surely won&#8217;t be the last.<\/p>\n<p>The push for unionization at game studios in North America has picked up significant steam over the past year: <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/600-activision-qa-workers-just-formed-the-biggest-videogame-union-in-the-us\/\">600 Activision QA employees<\/a> voted to unionize in March 2024, while <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/bethesda-game-studios-developers-form-wall-to-wall-union-with-241-members\/\">Bethesda Game Studios<\/a> developers formed a &#8220;wall to wall&#8221; union including artists, designers, and programmers in July 2024, as did Blizzard&#8217;s 500-person <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/mmo\/blizzards-world-of-warcraft-team-has-unionized\/\">World of Warcraft team<\/a>. Earlier this year nearly 200 Overwatch developers launched a union of their own, the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/nearly-200-overwatch-developers-at-blizzard-form-a-new-union-the-overwatch-gamemakers-guild\/\">Overwatch Gamemakers Guild<\/a>. 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