Raven Software Gets Its Union Contract with Microsoft Three Years After Voting to Organize

These Wisconsin video game workers were first to unionize at a major U.S. studio. Three years later, they have a contract.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Click here to read highlights from the story Video game quality assurance testers at Middleton-based Raven Software have ratified their first union contract, more than three years after launching the first union at a major U.S. gaming studio.  Testers are some of the lowest-paid employees in the video gaming industry. The deal comes after Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard, Raven Software’s parent company. Activisio…

Raven Software Workers Unanimously Vote to Ratify First Contract

The first group of workers to unionize at an Activision Blizzard subsidiary has ratified their inaugural labor deal.

Raven Software gets its union contract with Microsoft three years after voting to organize

Employees at Raven Software, known for its work on the Call of Duty franchise, finally have a union contract with Microsoft. This happened nearly years after quality assurance (QA) workers at the company voted to unionize. Workers voted unanimously to ratify the first contract between the company's Game Workers Alliance-CWA (GWA-CWA) members and Microsoft. This contract includes a guaranteed 10-percent wage increase over two years, along with ad…

Omnihanded Entertainmet News | Call of Duty Developer Raven Software Has Signed First Union Contract

Call of Duty developer Raven Software has now secured a contract for its union after after three years of work. Workers at Raven “unanimously voted to ratify their first union contract between Game Workers Alliance-CWA (GWA-CWA) members and Microsoft,” according to a press release from the Communication Workers of America (CWA).The collective bargaining agreement secures a few conditions for the 19 quality assurance testers at Raven. This includ…

Unionized QA workers at Raven Software secure labor contract with Microsoft after three years

It’s been a long, tiring, meat grindy road for the QA workers at Raven Software. After forming the Game Workers Alliance-CWA union in 2022, engaging in three years of bargaining, and bearing witness to the slashing of thousands of jobs across the corporation’s game division, workers have officially secured a labor contract. This new agreement […]

Microsoft had to back down. After 3 years of struggle, Call of Duty devs finally achieved their goal

Employees of Raven Software have voted down a deal with Microsoft that guarantees, among other things, raises. The unions achieved their goals after more than three years of negotiations.This info Microsoft had to back down. After 3 years of struggle, Call of Duty devs finally achieved their goal was first published on Gamepressure.com 05 August 2025.