Workers For Xbox Studio Double Fine Are Forming A Union
Double Fine
Double Fine, the first-party Xbox game developer behind Psychonauts, is forming a union. As Aftermath reports, the studio has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on May 7 to form a union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) involving all 42 regular part-time and full-time employees.
CWA told the publication that the studio made the decision to organize to "preserve and extend [its] commitments to creative excellence, diversity and inclusion, and worker quality of life." Workers are asking Microsoft for voluntary recognition, in addition to filing an election petition with the NLRB to secure union representation. "We appreciate that Microsoft has taken a neutral approach and agreed not to interfere in any way with worker's rights to organize unions," the labor union said.
The workers of Double Fine are following in the footsteps of other Microsoft-owned developer groups that have unionized in the...
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