Microsoft Workers to Form Company’s First Union in the U.S.

employees has voted to form the software company’s first labor union in the U.S., marking the latest example of workers from top tech companies organizing in recent years.

The group comprises about 300 quality-assurance testers in Microsoft’s ZeniMax unit, the Communications Workers of America, which is representing it, said on Tuesday. Just a handful of U.S.-based unions exist in the videogame industry. “We look forward to engaging in good faith negotiations as we work towards a collective bargaining agreement,” a spokeswoman for Microsoft and ZeniMax said.

Yea, what a sweat shop

Public PR Posturing by monopoly i.e. Microsoft.

Gametesters unite...

Or businesses, why not just provide a liveable wage and work schedule!

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