Discontent over working conditions at video game companies has been growing for years, driven by anger about long working hours, poor pay, temporary contracts and sexual harassment in the workplace. Now some game workers are considering unionisation, which would have been unimaginable a few years ago
Jessica Gonzalez, who formed ABetterABK, a group of Activision workers who have been pushing the company to improve its culture, in San Pedro, Calif., on May 20, 2022. Employees at a company subsidiary complain about long hours and low pay but on Monday, May 22, they could vote to form the first union at a big U.S. gaming company. Image: Adam Amengual/The New York Times
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