Microsoft’s ‘World of Warcraft’ Gaming Staff Votes to Unionize
Microsoft’s ‘World of Warcraft’ Gaming Staff Votes to Unionize
World of Warcraft workers have voted to unionize the popular video-game franchise, expanding organized labor’s new foothold at Microsoft Corp. by around 500 employees.
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Never actually seen WoW referred to as Microsoft’s before.
I did know it was a subsidiary of a subsidiary, just feels odd to see it referred to this way, and not as Blizzard’s.
24 0 ReplyIt's Bloomberg, the only thing that matters to them is which stock ticker is attached to the news.
10 0 ReplyYeah it's weird, but technically Microsoft didn't even acquire it until October 2023. Was WoW/ActiBlizz in the news in the 8 months since?
1 0 ReplyYeah, they were. Predatory monetization continuing mostly.
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Hopefully the ball keeps rolling and more unionize
10 1 ReplyHonestly as someone who plays WoW it just generally feels like the developers are in a better environment now than they were a few years back.
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