Bethesda Union Plans Rally Against Xbox Layoffs
Bethesda union members are protesting recent Xbox job cuts. They are organizing a rally to demand better severance and recall rights. The union rejects Microsoft's justification for the layoffs.
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"We mean business" - Bethesda union members to march in protest of sweeping Xbox job cutsBethesda Game Studios union members are planning protests against recent layoffs impacting Microsoft's Xbox division. The union criticizes Microsoft's framing of the cuts and asserts their legal right to bargain over the impact of these layoffs, demanding preferential transfers, stronger severance, and recall rights for affected workers. The layoffs have reportedly caused plummeting morale and may significantly affect the development of The Elder Scrolls 6.
'We mean business:' Xbox union workers fighting back with 'Save Our Devs' rally on July 15Unionized workers at Bethesda Game Studios, under the OneBGS banner, are organizing a 'Save Our Devs' rally on July 15 to protest recent mass layoffs across Xbox and ZeniMax studios. The union aims to negotiate preferential transfers, stronger severance packages, and recall rights for affected employees, rejecting Microsoft's framing of the cuts as an 'entrepreneurial change'.