This Blizzard union is called the WoW Gamemaker’s Guild, or WoWGG, and has been formed in partnership with the Communications Workers of America, or CWA.
The next step for the union will be contract negotiations with the company, which will decide which protections will be offered to employees.
Over 500 World of Warcraft developers at Blizzard have come together to form a union, narrowly missing out on pipping the Bethesda staff who did the same late last week to the post, but it’s ok, there was never anything other than a a bit of “friendly” competition between the two.
“We’re the World of Warcraft Gamemakers Guild: the first wall-to-wall union at Blizzard,” the organisation announced in a tweet, “We’re thrilled to include WoW’s QA, Art, Sound, Design, Engineering and Production voices for a democratized workplace.