Video game workers establish Microsoft's first union
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Employees at Microsoft’s video game subsidiary ZeniMax Studios made history Tuesday, becoming the first official group of workers at the technology company to formally unionize.
ZeniMax is a video game production company with studios in Maryland and Texas. The company owns Bethesda Softworks, the producer of franchises including The Elder Scrolls, DOOM and Fallout.
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) said in a statement that a majority of quality assurance workers at ZeniMax have indicated that they wish to join ZeniMax Workers United/CWA.
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