Blizzard's Story Team has voted for the union

The storytellers behind Blizzard Story and the franchise development team decided to join forces. Blizzard’s SFD will now join U.S. communications workers in Orange County, California, according to the results of the joint authorization vote. In addition, Microsoft voluntarily acknowledged the union vote of the SFD team.

Blizzard has had two league votes in the past year. July 2024, The developer behind World of Warcraft votes for unions And joined the CWA. this Overwatch 2 team passed a similar vote in May 2025also joined the CWA.

One of the SFD co-organizers, Buddy Fisk, Statement shared through CWA Citing the increasingly frequent layoffs in the video game industry are the driving force behind this vote.

“After working at the Blizzard for more than a decade, I’ve seen all the highs and lows,” Fisker said. “For years, Blizzards have been a place where people can build careers and stay for decades, but that stability has been gradually fading away. With the alliance, we are able to retain the real transparency that makes this place unique, in making decisions and ensure that policies are applied fairly to everyone.”

exist Microsoft's latest layoffs last month, Blizzard lost many team members Go to the mobile game Warcraft rumbles. Across Microsoft, about 9,000 jobs are missing.

Earlier this month, Diablo General Manager Rod Fergusson announces leaving Blizzard After spending five years with the company. The snowstorm also marks some Changes in the way you interact with Diablo 4 fans in bonfire chat. Additionally, Blizzard President Johanna Faries hinted that More TV and movie studio-based franchise It may eventually be made.