By TRÂN NGUYỄN SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 800,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies in California will soon be able to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits under a measure signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Supporters said the new law will open a path for the largest expansion of private sector collective bargaining rights …
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This week, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced that more than 450 developers of Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo team have voted to unionize under the CWA. The successful outcome of this effort means workers will now be represented by CWA Local 9510 in Irvine, California; Local 1118 in Albany, New York; and Local 6215 in Austin, Texas. The newly formed …
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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers on Friday announced a landmark deal with Uber and Lyft to allow hundreds of thousands of rideshare drivers to unionize and bargain collectively while still being classified as independent contractors. The compromise between labor unions and the Silicon Valley companies, backed by Newsom, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire, would …
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The forces of hell are unionizing. Today the Communication Workers of America has announced that over 450 game developers at Blizzard Entertainment who work on the Diablo series have voted to unionize under the CWA. The union vote concluded on the evening of August 27, 2025, with workers either signing union cards or indicating they wanted to unionize through an …
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What began as a trickle has turned into an avalanche. Workers on Diablo are the latest arm of Blizzard to unionize, with Communications Workers of America (CWA) – which helped other Microsoft-owned studios unionize – saying that over 450 developers across multiple disciplines voted in favor of unionizing. It’s been a long time coming, though layoffs certainly sped up the …
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