A group of video game testers has formed Microsoft’s first labor union in the U.S. NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Nicole Carpenter, senior reporter at Polygon, about the rise of video game unions.
JUANA SUMMERS, HOST:
Microsoft started the year by recognizing its first union in the U.S., which happens to be the largest union in the video game industry in North America. The Microsoft subsidiary ZeniMax makes games like Doom, The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Roughly 300 quality assurance workers there voted to unionize in December.
NICOLE CARPENTER: It’s a huge deal. That size is really significant. And it’s also huge,
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