More than 450 Blizzard Diablo developers have formed a union and voted to be represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Membership includes developers, artists, designers, engineers, and support staff across the Diablo franchise. The union seeks improved compensation, greater job security, and better workplace conditions under Microsoft ownership. More than 3,500 Microsoft employees now belong to CWA unions, including over 500 World of Warcraft developers who organized a wall-to-wall union last year. Microsoft executed large-scale layoffs earlier in the year, including up to 9,100 company-wide and 1,900 across Activision Blizzard and Xbox in 2024.
More than 450 game developers on Blizzard's team have formed a union, making them one of the largest and latest groups of Microsoft workers to do so. The new union includes game developers, artists, designers, engineers, and support staff across the Diablo franchise, according to the Communications Workers of America (CWA) press release, which voted "strongly in favor" to be represented by the CWA. The Diablo team is seeking to improve compensation, job security, and workplace conditions under its Microsoft parent company.
Over 3,500 employees at Microsoft are now in CWA unions, including more than 500 World of Warcraft developers who formed Blizzard's first wall-to-wall union last year. Microsoft laid off as many as 9,100 employees earlier this year, and 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox in 2024. "With every subsequent round of mass layoffs, I've witnessed the dread in my coworkers grow stronger because it feels like no amount of hard work is enough to protect us," said Kelly Yeo, an organizing committee member for the Diablo union.
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