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CWA union derides Microsoft layoffs when ‘the company is prospering’: 'We are living through a moment of profound corporate consolidation and disruption'

The media union once touted a positive relationship with Microsoft, but wave after wave of layoffs has changed its tune.

PC Gamer

'Overwatch 2' Developers Just Made A Historic Change

Game workers have formed another union at a Microsoft-owned studio, this time covering multiple departments at one of the most popular shooters around.

Inverse

Almost 200 members of Blizzard's Overwatch 2 team have unionized: "The biggest issue was the layoffs at the beginning of 2024"

This is the second wall-to-wall union to form at Blizzard since the World of Warcraft team organized in July 2024

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Nearly 200 Overwatch developers at Blizzard form a new union: The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild

The Communications Workers of America says Microsoft has already recognized the union.

PC Gamer

Overwatch 2 developers at Blizzard Entertainment form union under Microsoft

The Overwatch 2 team at Blizzard Entertainment has formed a "wall-to-wall" union under Microsoft.

Windows Central

Women want street lights, phone service and health care

A survey of women across NSW has identified the major issues they face in healthcare, personal safety and housing.

AAP

ZeniMax workers union votes to authorize a strike against Microsoft over stalled contract negotiations

After nearly two years of negotiations, a contract agreement still hasn't been reached.

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"We're done playing" — United Videogame Workers-CWA union formed for industry employees in the US and Canada

North American workers have formed the first gaming industry-wide union in collaboration with the CWA.

Windows Central

The Southern Women Handling 1-800-MEDICARE Calls Still Want a Union

Federal call center workers continue their fight after the Biden administration dialed back support for it.

Capital & Main

Supreme Court Leaves Users Disgusted After Rolling Back Clean Water Act's Raw Sewage Discharge Limitations: 'Poop Is Back On the Menu'

The Supreme Court weakened restrictions on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a 5-4 decision to roll back provisions of 1972's Clean Water Act.

Latin Times

JPMorgan Chase workers launch petition to halt 5-day back-to-office demand

The petition comes as some bank workers push to form a union.

Fortune

British crime writer Mick Herron wins Crime Writers’ Association lifetime achievement award

The author of books such as Slow Horses and Down Cemetery Road receives the prestigious Diamond Dagger award for his contribution to the genre

The Guardian - UK

Slow Horses creator wins crime writers award for ‘reinventing spy thrillers’

Mick Herron wrote the series of books centred on the motley crew of MI5 spies operating out of Slough House.

Evening Standard

Inside JPMorgan, employee backlash over 5 day RTO mandate gains steam

According to an organizer with the CWA, about a dozen JPMorgan Chase employees, representing groups from different areas of the bank all over the U.S., have contacted the union.

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JPMorgan faces internal revolt over RTO mandate—now talk of a Wells Fargo-style labor union is reportedly spreading

Bank employees are discreetly discussing whether to follow the lead from colleagues at Wells Fargo that organized under the umbrella of the CWA guild, according to Barron's.

The Guardian - UK

Anna Lo obituary

Northern Ireland’s first minority ethnic elected representative who helped create a new anti-racial discrimation law

Player One

Bethesda Workers Join Strike as Protest Against Planned Remote Work, Outsourcing Policies

Hundreds of Bethesda workers are planning to join a strike as protest against remote work and outsourcing policies.

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Hundreds of ZeniMax workers go on strike to protest Microsoft 'dragging their feet' on negotiations over job security and remote work

Employees have walked out at ZeniMax locations in Maryland and Texas.

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International Business Times

Taiwan Cleans Up After Typhoon Krathon Batters South

Workers removed felled trees and swept up shattered glass in southern Taiwan on Friday as Typhoon Krathon was downgraded to a tropical depression after killing two and injuring hundreds.

International Business Times

Taiwan Shuts Down For Second Day As Typhoon Krathon Makes Landfall

Typhoon Krathon slammed into Taiwan on Thursday, bringing mudslides, flooding and destructive winds to the shuttered island where at least two people have died in the storm and thousands have been evacuated.

The Guardian - US

More than 17,000 AT&T workers strike over unfair labor practice by company

Strike started on 16 August over firm’s delays in bargaining a new contract since the process began in June

International Business Times

Communications Workers Of America Backs Off From Mediation Proceedings With AT&T

CWA withdraws from mediation proceedings with AT&T, citing the process as a "delaying tactic" of the company.

AAP

'Everyone knows someone': calls to expose rural DV risk

The NSW Country Women's Association is calling for tougher action on domestic violence, with a focus on the greater risks faced by women in rural areas.

PC Gamer

World of Warcraft dev says the game's 500-strong union, spurred on by 2021 controversies, has been aided by the move to Microsoft

"We've had CWA representatives and members from other video game unions like Sega and ZeniMax on the campus."

Inverse

Three Years After Walkout, ‘World of Warcraft’ Developers Form Large Union

Activision Blizzard developers working on games including 'World of Warcraft' and 'Diablo' have unionized, adding more than 500 unionized employees to Microsoft's workforce.

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