Bethesda Game Studios Union
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We are OneBGS! Uniting Bethesda game fans & creators! 🎮🛠️ Advocating for better working conditions, fair wages, and a more inclusive gaming industry. #GamersForChange #BethesdaUnion
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We're OneBGS, the unionized workers behind Fallout ⚛️, The Elder Scrolls 🐉 & Starfield 🥪! We're currently negotiating our first contract with Microsoft.
We'll need your support to protect and strengthen our studio and to continue working on the games we love. Follow, share and stay tuned!
We'll need your support to protect and strengthen our studio and to continue working on the games we love. Follow, share and stay tuned!
We, the workers at Bethesda Games Studios, express our solidarity and support for the developers at Rockstar Games. Last month’s firings in the UK and Canada were a clear and disgusting case of union busting.
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We, the workers at Bethesda Games Studios, express our solidarity and support for the developers at Rockstar Games. Last month’s firings in the UK and Canada were a clear and disgusting case of union busting.
Our colleagues across Zenimax showing that the best defence against layoffs is a strong union! ✊
Months after Microsoft layoffs, Zenimax unions never stopped fighting for impacted workers
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September 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Our colleagues across Zenimax showing that the best defence against layoffs is a strong union! ✊
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New from me: Unionized ZeniMax QA testers are facing whiplash and low morale right now, with layoffs cutting into the team just weeks after a contract was ratified with Microsoft.
Still, the union is continuing to fight. www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...
Still, the union is continuing to fight. www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...
ZeniMax QA testers face whiplash and "rancid" work morale following Microsoft's gaming layoffs — but the union still fights
ZeniMax quality assurance workers fought for a contract with Microsoft for over two years. Reeling from layoffs, they're still here.
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July 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New from me: Unionized ZeniMax QA testers are facing whiplash and low morale right now, with layoffs cutting into the team just weeks after a contract was ratified with Microsoft.
Still, the union is continuing to fight. www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...
Still, the union is continuing to fight. www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...
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Devs shouldn't need unions to be treated with respect by their employers, but hey 🤷🏻♂️
Note that the cancelled MMORPG had employees in Canada who had not yet formed their own union local. They were laid off IMMEDIATELY, no chance to bargain.
This clearly shows the power of unionizing! Organize!
Devs shouldn't need unions to be treated with respect by their employers, but hey 🤷🏻♂️
Note that the cancelled MMORPG had employees in Canada who had not yet formed their own union local. They were laid off IMMEDIATELY, no chance to bargain.
This clearly shows the power of unionizing! Organize!
On July 2nd, Microsoft announced they were shelving an unannounced project at ZOS, a shock to over 200 of our devs working on the project.
However, despite discussions regarding the status of our employment, the fact is: we have not yet been laid off.
Our full statement can be found below.
However, despite discussions regarding the status of our employment, the fact is: we have not yet been laid off.
Our full statement can be found below.
July 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Devs shouldn't need unions to be treated with respect by their employers, but hey 🤷🏻♂️
Note that the cancelled MMORPG had employees in Canada who had not yet formed their own union local. They were laid off IMMEDIATELY, no chance to bargain.
This clearly shows the power of unionizing! Organize!
Devs shouldn't need unions to be treated with respect by their employers, but hey 🤷🏻♂️
Note that the cancelled MMORPG had employees in Canada who had not yet formed their own union local. They were laid off IMMEDIATELY, no chance to bargain.
This clearly shows the power of unionizing! Organize!
We're OneBGS, the unionized workers behind Fallout ⚛️, The Elder Scrolls 🐉 & Starfield 🥪! We're currently negotiating our first contract with Microsoft.
We'll need your support to protect and strengthen our studio and to continue working on the games we love. Follow, share and stay tuned!
We'll need your support to protect and strengthen our studio and to continue working on the games we love. Follow, share and stay tuned!
July 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We're OneBGS, the unionized workers behind Fallout ⚛️, The Elder Scrolls 🐉 & Starfield 🥪! We're currently negotiating our first contract with Microsoft.
We'll need your support to protect and strengthen our studio and to continue working on the games we love. Follow, share and stay tuned!
We'll need your support to protect and strengthen our studio and to continue working on the games we love. Follow, share and stay tuned!
That's one TALL chart...
July 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
That's one TALL chart...
Xbox laid off 9000 people last week, including DevQA from Bethesda Games Studios. Many more were cut from Zenimax QA proper.
At Zenimax Online Studios many are now without a project & in "decisional bargaining" to see what happens next.
We’re here to share our grief & support for our friends 🤍
At Zenimax Online Studios many are now without a project & in "decisional bargaining" to see what happens next.
We’re here to share our grief & support for our friends 🤍
July 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Xbox laid off 9000 people last week, including DevQA from Bethesda Games Studios. Many more were cut from Zenimax QA proper.
At Zenimax Online Studios many are now without a project & in "decisional bargaining" to see what happens next.
We’re here to share our grief & support for our friends 🤍
At Zenimax Online Studios many are now without a project & in "decisional bargaining" to see what happens next.
We’re here to share our grief & support for our friends 🤍
Congrats on the workers of Ubisoft Halifax on unionizing and joining us in CWA Local 30111! We look forward to years of solidarity and collaboration!
Ubisoft Halifax workers file to unionize with CWA Canada! @ubisoftbr.bsky.social
Game workers at Ubisoft Halifax file to unionize with CWA Canada
HALIFAX (June 18, 2025) – Workers at video game company Ubisoft in Halifax have filed to unionize with media union CWA Canada. The union filed with the Nova Scotia Labour Board today after a m…
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June 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Congrats on the workers of Ubisoft Halifax on unionizing and joining us in CWA Local 30111! We look forward to years of solidarity and collaboration!
A thread with details on our struggle since February just to get management to come to the table and talk with us in Montréal like they've been doing in the USA.
We're done playing games! We demand a Fair Contract Now!
We're done playing games! We demand a Fair Contract Now!
OneBGS Montréal (@bethesdaunion.bsky.social) is filing for first contract arbitration with the QC government.
We're doing this because @microsoft.com and @bethesdastudios.com have refused to bargain with us in good faith, despite our best efforts since February.
Details in 🧵
#union #gamedev
We're doing this because @microsoft.com and @bethesdastudios.com have refused to bargain with us in good faith, despite our best efforts since February.
Details in 🧵
#union #gamedev
Microsoft-BGS union files for first contract arbitration.
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June 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A thread with details on our struggle since February just to get management to come to the table and talk with us in Montréal like they've been doing in the USA.
We're done playing games! We demand a Fair Contract Now!
We're done playing games! We demand a Fair Contract Now!
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Microsoft-BGS union files for first contract arbitration.
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Microsoft-BGS union files for first contract arbitration
MONTREAL (June 10, 2025) – Newly unionized video game workers at Bethesda Game Studios (BGS) in Quebec have filed for first contract arbitration in their struggle for a fair contract with one of th…
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June 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Microsoft-BGS union files for first contract arbitration.
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Calling all Canadian video game workers!
Join us as we launch a cross-border initiative to empower workers and build an industry that works for you ...
Join us as we launch a cross-border initiative to empower workers and build an industry that works for you ...
Video Game Workers Launch Industry-Wide Union with CWA & CWA Canada
March 19, 2025 Washington & Ottawa – Today, in a historic development for video game organizing, workers across the U.S. and Canada are launching United Videogame Workers-CWA Local 9433, a…
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March 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Calling all Canadian video game workers!
Join us as we launch a cross-border initiative to empower workers and build an industry that works for you ...
Join us as we launch a cross-border initiative to empower workers and build an industry that works for you ...
United we stand, divided we fall. We’re not going to let Microsoft-BGS divide our colleagues! #OneBGSOneTable #UnBGSUneTable
CWA Canada filed unfair labour practice complaints today against Microsoft - Bethesda Game Studios. Read more here …
CWA Canada files complaints against Microsoft-BGS
CWA Canada has filed unfair labour practice complaints against Bethesda Game Studios (BGS) which is owned by Microsoft. The complaints were filed today in Montreal where the union recently certifie…
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March 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
United we stand, divided we fall. We’re not going to let Microsoft-BGS divide our colleagues! #OneBGSOneTable #UnBGSUneTable
- Amidst this technological renaissance they help shape laws and policies for the future. Much like our sister union ZeniMax Workers United has already done, paving the way for negotiations for OneBGS. (2/2)
#GamersForChange #BethesdaUnion #OneBGS
#GamersForChange #BethesdaUnion #OneBGS
December 18, 2024 at 10:47 PM
- Amidst this technological renaissance they help shape laws and policies for the future. Much like our sister union ZeniMax Workers United has already done, paving the way for negotiations for OneBGS. (2/2)
#GamersForChange #BethesdaUnion #OneBGS
#GamersForChange #BethesdaUnion #OneBGS
Why are tech unions like OneBGS so important now, more than ever?
- Unions give us workers a voice in the conversation between government and business. Unions like OneBGS strengthen democracy because workers can advocate for their working conditions. (1/2)
#GamersForChange #BethesdaUnion #OneBGS
- Unions give us workers a voice in the conversation between government and business. Unions like OneBGS strengthen democracy because workers can advocate for their working conditions. (1/2)
#GamersForChange #BethesdaUnion #OneBGS
December 18, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Why are tech unions like OneBGS so important now, more than ever?
- Unions give us workers a voice in the conversation between government and business. Unions like OneBGS strengthen democracy because workers can advocate for their working conditions. (1/2)
#GamersForChange #BethesdaUnion #OneBGS
- Unions give us workers a voice in the conversation between government and business. Unions like OneBGS strengthen democracy because workers can advocate for their working conditions. (1/2)
#GamersForChange #BethesdaUnion #OneBGS
December 18, 2024 at 2:21 AM