Hundreds of union workers rally across North America to protest Xbox layoffs
Hundreds of unionized video game workers rallied across North America to protest recent layoffs at Microsoft's Xbox division. Members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and allies gathered to call out corporate greed and demand fair contracts, citing multiple rounds of job cuts impacting studios like Obsidian, id Software, and ZeniMax Online Studios. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma confirmed 3,200 job eliminations, with 1,600 immediate layoffs, leading to legal action from the CWA against Microsoft for alleged mishandling of the cuts.
- Entities
- Person: Harvey Smith
- Company: id Software
- Topic: Collective Bargaining
- Company: Microsoft
- Company: Ninja Theory
- Company: Obsidian Entertainment
- Topic: Corporate Greed
- Topic: Layoffs
- Topic: Labor Unions
- Company: Compulsion Games
- Company: Activision Blizzard
- Company: Arkane Austin
- Company: Undead Labs
- Company: Communications Workers of America
- Company: Xbox
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