Employees of the Texas studio Id Software, best known for the Doom franchise, voted to form a union.
This was announced by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union. that 165 workers voted to form a bargaining unit and will become members of CWA Local 6215. Aftermath says this figure is based on “around 185” employees..
The Id Software trade union operates on a wall-to-wall basis, which means that employees from all departments of the company are represented in the bargaining unit.
“The overall organizational effort at id Software was much needed; It's incredibly important that developers across the industry come together to fight back against all the unilateral workplace changes that industry leaders are putting in place,” said id Software producer and CWA Local 6215 organizing committee member Andrew Willis.
“A union is a way for us developers to take back control of the industry we love and ensure it delivers high-quality products from highly skilled workers that have health and longevity benefits beyond quarterly profits.”
Senior visual effects artist and organizing committee member Caroline Pierrot added, “I am very proud to be part of the effort to organize our studio to have a say in decisions that directly affect me and my colleagues. In an industry that has proven very volatile over the past few years, more unions mean more power for workers and a real chance to shape the future of the industry for the better.”
Back in June 2022 Microsoft has entered into a labor neutrality agreement with Communications Workers of America. This means that any employee at the company can form a union and it will automatically be recognized by the Xbox giant. Later, The CWA will ask the European Commission to approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard..
Following the signing of the labor neutrality agreement, a number of parts of Microsoft's gaming business voted in favor of union representation.
In July 2024 About 250 Bethesda Game Studios employees vote to unionizeto ZeniMax Online Studios employees voted to do the same in December of that year..
It wasn't until 2025 that unions were formed at Blizzard. story and franchise development team, studio working on Diablo And Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble teams. It's on top Activision User Researchers voting for unionization and Raven Software finally reaches a collective bargaining agreement with Microsoftthree years after the unionization process began.
