{"id":10460,"date":"2025-08-12T20:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/08\/12\/blizzards-story-and-franchise-development-team-votes-to-unionize\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T20:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:05:42","slug":"blizzards-story-and-franchise-development-team-votes-to-unionize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/08\/12\/blizzards-story-and-franchise-development-team-votes-to-unionize\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard&#8217;s Story and Franchise Development Team Votes to Unionize"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2022\/12\/16\/wow-thrall-1671205899262.jpg\" \/>\n<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\"><\/section>\n<p>Blizzard&#8217;s Story and Franchise Development team (SFD) has voted in favor of unionization with the Communications Workers of America, <a href=\"https:\/\/cwa-union.org\/news\/releases\/blizzards-story-and-franchise-development-workers-form-latest-video-game-union\">according to a press release<\/a> shared today.<\/p>\n<p>SFD consists of Blizzard workers producing in-house cinematics, animation, trailers, promotional videos, in-game cutscenes, and other narrative content across Blizzard franchises, in addition to archival workers and historians.<\/p>\n<p>These workers join thousands of others at Microsoft and specifically within Activision Blizzard who have voted to unionize with their departments and teams under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/phil-spencer-will-recognize-raven-software-union\">Microsoft&#8217;s labor neutrality agreement<\/a> in the last few years. Just last year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/world-of-warcrafts-entire-development-team-has-officially-unionized\">entire World of Warcraft team unionized<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/cwa-union.org\/news\/releases\/overwatch-game-developers-secure-union-recognition-communications-workers-america\">Overwatch developers followed just this past May<\/a>. Other unions within the company include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/call-of-duty-qa-workers-win-first-union-contract-with-microsoft-after-3-years\">Raven Software workers who just won their first contract earlier this month<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-elder-scrolls-fallout-doom-qa-workers-union-reaches-tentative-contract-with-microsoft-after-nearly-two-years\">Zenimax QA workers who got a contract in May<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/bethesda-game-studios-microsoft-game-studios\">Bethesda union<\/a>, and several others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter more than a decade working at Blizzard, I\u2019ve seen all the highs and lows,&#8221; said organizing committee member and principal editor Bucky Fisk. &#8220;For years, Blizzard has been a place where people could build their careers and stay for decades, but that stability\u2019s been fading. 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