… The CWA said workers gathered to call out "layoffs and corporate greed across the industry" and to demand fair first contracts across Microsoft's vast portfolio of video game studios—which are currently being subjected to their fifth round of layoffs in three years. …
… "We're mobilizing to fight back against these layoffs not just to ensure impacted Xbox devs and testers get treated fairly, but to remind our company and game studios everywhere that layoffs like this cannot continue. …
Business News French union STJV to commence national strike outside Quantic Dream The strike will begin in Paris later this week in protest of ongoing layoffs and instability. …
… Related: EA boss awarded $38.6M after year of franchise success, studio layoffs, and GenAI adoption The move sparked widespread protests outside multiple Xbox studios, with unions organizing 'Save Our Devs' rallies on July 15. …
… Xbox boss Asha Sharma said those layoffs will enable the video game division to "reset" after failing to capitalize on big bets such as Xbox Game Pass and a multiplatform pivot. …
… It has also taken aim at the company—founded by former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies—over its handling of layoffs. …
… Those posts were presumably timed to distract people from all the headlines about the giant inflatable rat known as 'Scabby' erected outside the studio by CWA union workers in protest of the company's latest round of mass layoffs. …
… The taskforce has committed to defending the rights of union members in the UK to ensure all redundancies are "legal, justifiable, and fair." Mass layoffs continue to upend the video game industry. …
… "We also announced today that our lawyers in the USA and Canada find these layoffs to be illegal and are therefore filling Unfair Labor Practice actions against Microsoft on both sides of the border. …
… "This at least provided some solace and breathing room," said OneBGS, whose members have been caught in the 3,200 layoffs announced by Microsoft and Xbox at the beginning of July. …