Blizzard's Story and Franchise Development Team Votes to Unionize

Blizzard's Story and Franchise Development squad (SFD) has voted successful favour of unionization with the Communications Workers of America, according to a property merchandise shared today.

SFD consists of Blizzard workers producing in-house cinematics, animation, trailers, promotional videos, in-game cutscenes, and different communicative contented crossed Blizzard franchises, successful summation to archival workers and historians.

These workers articulation thousands of others astatine Microsoft and specifically wrong Activision Blizzard who person voted to unionize with their departments and teams nether Microsoft's labour neutrality statement successful the past fewer years. Just past year, the full World of Warcraft squad unionized, and the Overwatch developers followed conscionable this past May. Other unions wrong the institution see Raven Software workers who conscionable won their archetypal declaration earlier this month, Zenimax QA workers who got a declaration successful May, the Bethesda union, and respective others.

“After much than a decennary moving astatine Blizzard, I’ve seen each the highs and lows," said organizing committee subordinate and main exertion Bucky Fisk. "For years, Blizzard has been a spot wherever radical could physique their careers and enactment for decades, but that stability’s been fading. With a union, we’re capable to sphere what makes this spot special, unafraid existent transparency successful however decisions are made, and marque definite policies are applied reasonably to everyone.”

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