'If we love this work, we have to protect it:' Heart Machine workers secure voluntary union recognition
Employees at Heart Machine, the studio behind Hyper Light Drifter and Solar Ash, have successfully unionized with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and received voluntary recognition from the company. This move follows recent layoffs and aims to secure better work-life balance, creative autonomy, and job security for developers. The unionization effort at Heart Machine is part of a broader trend of increasing labor organizing within the game industry.
- Entities
- Company: Microsoft
- Company: Blizzard Entertainment
- Game: Hyper Light Drifter
- Topic: Labor Relations
- Company: ZeniMax
- Company: Communications Workers of America
- Game: Solar Ash
- Topic: Game Development
- Company: Heart Machine
- Game: Hyper Light Breaker
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