ZeniMax Online Studios Workers Join CWA

Video game workers at Microsoft’s ZeniMax Online Studios (ZOS), maker of the popular multiplayer game Elder Scrolls Online, joined CWA last week after an overwhelming majority either signed authorization cards or voted in favor of joining the union via an online portal. The unit is geographically diverse, with web developers, designers, engineers, and graphic artists all over the country.

"To me, this union, this victory, means the potential for real and meaningful change to an industry that I really care about,” said Joseph Reedy, a member of the ZOS United-CWA organizing committee. “It means we are all a step closer to a healthier work-life balance, reasonable hours at reasonable pay, and hopefully, an end to the more harmful practices that have upended lives and robbed us of our peace and our dignity. From now on, none of us are facing these things alone. We are all in this together, and we are truly stronger for it."

ZOS United-CWA is the latest group to organize under CWA’s groundbreaking neutrality agreement with Microsoft, which gives workers a free and fair path to join together to improve their working conditions. Over 6,000 workers in the United States and Canada have organized with the Campaign to Organize Digital Employees (CODE-CWA) since launching in 2020, including over 2,000 at Microsoft-owned video game studios.