Microsoft has finally announced the launch date and price of their next-generation consoles and now we have a retail box of Xbox Series X.
The Communication Workers of America filed a claim with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that a Microsoft-affiliated studio laid off 160 QA workers due to unionization efforts.
An interesting development could potentially illuminate the reasons. Additionally, the fact that the largest union in gaming consists of 300 employees is concerning.
If this is true, this would go against Microsoft's agreement that they would remain Union-neutral with the purchase of ABK.
This is a separate contractor that isn't owned by Microsoft though. They can't force another company to allow its workers to unionize.
But they can allow them to lay them off while alleviating the work load they still need to do in order to aid in that decision. If the contract company unionizes, that's more costly for Microsoft as well or they'd have to use something else that would mean getting that new contractor up to date on where the old teams were. Not unionizing benefits Microsoft because it keeps contractor costs down.
It's honestly a thing CWA needs to assess. But this is also news Microsoft doesn't need with FTC still looking for a reason to break up the current purchase.
A matter of concern for federal instances could be why Microsoft owns the largest unionized studio with only 300 employees.
For instance, Naughty Dog employs approximately 497 people, while Rockstar North has about 2000 employees.
Lionbridge- not owned by MS/Xbox. So, #1, silly to blame MS for this
#2 like the industry isn't hurting enough, let's bring Unions in.
Unions help ppl get fair breaks and working conditions it would help the industry just not the consumer
Quality assurance should be more valued with how buggy games are. Launch is what matters the most you lose gamers interest there sometimes you lose them forever
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