A group of quality assurance testers working on Dragon Age 4 have filed an application to unionise.
The employees, who work directly with developer BioWare but as contractors of supporting company Keywords Studios, are attempting to unionize over issues of poor pay, a return to work mandate, and more.
The return to work ruling was seemingly the final straw for the 15-20 QA testers who allegedly are already subject to poor pay.
The source said some employees are being paid $16.50 Canadian dollars per hour – $12.82 U.S. dollars – which is considerably less than identical roles carried out by full BioWare employees.