Call of Duty QA Worker won the first league contract with Microsoft three years later

Raven Software, one of the developers of Call of Duty, has officially approved its first union contract with Microsoft three years after its first alliance.

In the press release, the union shared several highlights of the new contract, including a guaranteed 10% salary increase over the past two years, and significant restrictions on mandatory overtime work, layoff protection, expanded disability accommodation, and more.

“After more than three years of organizing and bargaining, it finally paid off,” Erin Hall, a member of the bargaining committee and quality assurance tester, said in a statement. “From the first day, we included every voice in the room, and the contract we proposed reflects what we need – compensation, a real career path and protection from burnout. It's a contract that values quality quality organizations do. I'm proud of what we've achieved, and I hope it shows other game workers, and what works, it's worth it.” It's worth it. ”

There is a long way to go with the QA Union in Raven Software. The union that incited the incident was A round of layoffs, as early as December 2021 As part of a restructuring of the studio established by the then-company Activision Blizzard. The next day, the staff Go out to protest layoffsget support from employees at other Activision Blizzard companies. Crow Software continued to strike for weeks ago The company finally responded in January,only Acquired by Microsoft A week later. By the end of this month, Raven QA workers announced Activision Blizzard's first union formation. The activity of snowstorm Refusing to voluntarily recognize unions,group Anyway, won the league elections below May.

Since then, many other groups under Microsoft Xbox have been combined in Activision Blizzard and other subsidiaries such as Zenimax. Quality inspection workers at Zenimax Media in the past May Contract agreement with the companywhile many others are still on the bargaining table.

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