{"id":12587,"date":"2025-05-09T23:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T23:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=12587"},"modified":"2025-05-12T10:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:35:04","slug":"blizzards-overwatch-team-unionize-with-nearly-200-developers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-05-09\/blizzards-overwatch-team-unionize-with-nearly-200-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard\u2019s Overwatch Team Unionizes With Nearly 200 Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Blizzard\u2019s Overwatch Team Unionizes With Nearly 200 Developers<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" 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The cause of unionization is largely attributed to the massive layoffs affecting the video game industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe massive layoffs in the video game industry, and at my own studio, became one of the first reasons I started to learn about how to organize to create a healthier workplace for everyone,\u201d shared Frank Le Cocq, VFX artist at Blizzard. He is also an organizing committee member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentiment was shared by the vast majority of Blizzard developers who joined the CWA. 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