Microsoft to Convert Gaming Staff From Temps to Unionized Employees
- Move expands organized labor’s foothold at software giant
- As direct employees, staffers will also receive raises, perks
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Microsoft Corp. is converting a group of subcontracted temps into unionized employees, bucking an industry trend and expanding organized labor’s new foothold at the software giant.
In January, Microsoft agreed for the first time to collectively bargain with a labor union: ZeniMax Workers United, an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America that represented some 300 quality assurance workers at a Microsoft-owned video game studio. Union contract negotiations have been underway since April, according to CWA.