ZeniMax Workers in Maryland and Texas Organize Informational Picket Over Lack of Progress at the Bargaining Table

 
ZeniMax Workers United-CWA members and other video game workers met outside ZeniMax offices in Hunt Valley, Md. (top left), Rockville, Md. (bottom left), and Dallas, Texas. Remote workers joined their in-office colleagues to send a message to Microsoft that the membership is united and willing to go the extra mile to reach a fair first contract.

Earlier this week, quality assurance video game workers with ZeniMax Workers United-CWA picketed in Maryland and Texas to demand progress in bargaining with Microsoft subsidiary ZeniMax Studios. The union’s bargaining committee is continuing to fight for wage increases, permanent accommodations to offset return-to-office (RTO) mandates, and a path to full-time employment for quality assurance workers currently on contract with ZeniMax.

This week’s picket follows a series of nationwide mobilizations from ZeniMax Workers United-CWA over the past few months. Late last year, hundreds of members in Maryland and Texas walked off the job in a one-day strike to call out Microsoft for the minimal movement over top issues. In October 2024, CWA members across the country held rallies to provide common-sense exceptions and accommodations to their recently implemented RTO mandate.

ZeniMax Workers United-CWA formed the first video game studio union at Microsoft in January 2023, representing over 300 quality assurance workers in Maryland and Texas. ZeniMax Studios is a video game production company known for its popular games such as Elder Scrolls, DOOM, Quake Champions, and Fallout. Over 2,000 video game workers at Microsoft have now formed a union.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.