Trade Union testers at a Zenimax video game company Announced on Friday that they reached a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft, who Obtained zenimax in 2021.
This represents Microsoft’s first trade union contract in the United States. Passed a little over two years since about 300 Qa testimonies announced that they were Unionizing by America’s communication workersAnd they said they were negotiating with Microsoft since then.
Bloomberg reports That the contract terms include a cross-board, a 13.5% salary on 1 July. The contract also incorporates an already announced agreement around the use of AI. Union members are scheduled to vote on ratification of the contract on 20 June.
In a statement, QA Tester and Union Bargaining Committee member Page Branson called this “monumental victory for all current video game workers and those who come.”
While Zenimax’s QA workers were the first to syndicate at Microsoft, Other teams followed a suitAnd the CWA said it now calculates more than 2,000 Microsoft video workers as members.
