BioWare QA team unanimously votes to form a union
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#604SW)
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is just one of the games the contractors have worked on. A team of quality assurance (QA) contractors who work closely with BioWare, a studio owned by EA, has voted unanimously (16 to 0) to form a union. The workers are employed by the Edmonton, Canada-based branch of Keywords Studios, making them the country's first union in the game industry.
Signs of unionization first emerged in April, with the contractors citing a requirement to return to work in the office - even when other full-time BioWare workers got the option to work from home - as one of the reasons behind their decision to organize. Keywords Studios has since reversed this policy and is giving all workers a hybrid work from home option. The workers also take issue with Keywords' time off policy and pay, which reportedly starts at...