{"id":770977,"date":"2025-11-29T12:35:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T12:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/600-activision-qa-staff-have-become-gamings-biggest-union-to-date?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-29T12:35:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T12:35:53","slug":"600-activision-qa-staff-have-become-gamings-biggest-union-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/600-activision-qa-staff-have-become-gamings-biggest-union-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"600 Activision QA staff have become gaming&#8217;s biggest union to date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/600-activision-qa-staff-have-become-gamings-biggest-union-to-date.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>600 Activision Blizzard quality assurance (QA) workers have voted to unionise.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/24093254\/activision-qa-600-workers-union-microsoft\">Polygon<\/a>, hundreds of QA testers voted to unionise with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) to form Activision Quality Assurance United &#8211; CWA. Of the 398 votes submitted, just eight voted not to unionise.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft &ndash; which acquired Activision Blizzard last year for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-has-finally-bought-activision-blizzard\">$69bn<\/a> &ndash; voluntarily agreed to recognise the union, making it the largest game union in the US.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/600-activision-qa-staff-have-become-gamings-biggest-union-to-date?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/600-activision-qa-staff-have-become-gamings-biggest-union-to-date?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>600 Activision Blizzard quality assurance (QA) workers have voted to unionise. As reported by Polygon, hundreds of QA testers voted to unionise with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) to form Activision Quality Assurance United &#8211; CWA. Of the 398 votes submitted, just eight voted not to unionise. Microsoft &ndash; which acquired Activision Blizzard last year for $69bn &ndash; voluntarily agreed to recognise the union, making it the largest game union in the US. 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