--- title: 450 Diablo Developers Successfully Unionize Under CWA description: Over 450 developers working on Blizzard's Diablo franchise have successfully unionized under the Communications Workers of America, forming one of the largest... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/450-diablo-developers-successfully-unionize-under-cwa-0wjgnscub twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 450 Diablo Developers Successfully Unionize Under CWA | daily.dev og:description: Over 450 developers working on Blizzard's Diablo franchise have successfully unionized under the Communications Workers of America, forming one of the largest... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/450-diablo-developers-successfully-unionize-under-cwa-0wjgnscub og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0WjgnsCub.png og:image:alt: 450 Diablo Developers Successfully Unionize Under CWA og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 450 Diablo Developers Successfully Unionize Under CWA **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 1 min read · 16 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Over 450 developers working on Blizzard's Diablo franchise have successfully unionized under the Communications Workers of America, forming one of the largest unions at a Microsoft-owned studio. The union includes game developers, artists, designers, engineers, and support staff seeking better compensation, job security, and workplace conditions amid industry-wide layoffs. This effort is part of a growing trend with nearly 3,000 workers at Microsoft-owned studios now organized with the CWA. ## Content In a significant development within the gaming industry, more than 450 developers working on Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo franchise have successfully voted to unionize under the Communications Workers of America (CWA). This marks one of the largest wall-to-wall unions formed at a Microsoft-owned studio. The newly formed union comprises a diverse group of professionals, including game developers, artists, designers, engineers, and support staff. This collective effort aims to address concerns related to better compensation, job security, and improved workplace conditions. These issues have become increasingly pressing amid recent industry-wide layoffs affecting thousands of employees at both Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. This unionization effort follows similar movements within other divisions of Blizzard and is part of a growing trend across the gaming industry. Currently, almost 3,000 workers at Microsoft-owned studios have organized with the CWA, reflecting a broader shift towards unionization as employees seek greater agency in determining their working conditions and futures amidst an uncertain industry landscape. The success of this union underscores the increasing resolve of game industry professionals to advocate for themselves through collective action, reflecting a pivotal moment for labor organization efforts within the digital entertainment sector. ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@fabooy961** · 2 upvotes > D4 sucks > Diablo Immortal sucks > ... > Hail D2 & D3!!! > >  **@jgzeiss** · 2 upvotes > 450 developers "working" on Diablo. Now all of them are union members. I used to really like Blizzard's games. I haven't played any of them in years. I understand why now. **@migcarterr** · 1 upvotes > Nice, now you can be an absolute trash dev in peace **@andradei** · 0 upvotes > Unionizing always devolves into corruption and employees not giving their best. > There are all sorts of controversial comments that can come from assertion, but union track records don't help their case. > > Except people end up doing it out of massive frustration and/or ignorance, thinking that will be better in the long run. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - 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Now all of them are union members. I used to really like Blizzard’s games. I haven’t played any of them in years. I understand why now.","datePublished":"2025-09-12T19:51:55.440Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/0WjgnsCub#c-pU68wZRkB","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"John Zeiss","url":"https://daily.dev/jgzeiss","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AAcHTtfNOiiByFsWA70OvEx1aeYMXwQy7gBQd7jTw2VesAEY=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Nice, now you can be an absolute trash dev in peace","datePublished":"2025-09-15T19:46:11.832Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/0WjgnsCub#c-PLAVwHkde","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Miguel","url":"https://daily.dev/migcarterr","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s---5Jm44Xs--/f_auto/v1744941526/avatars/avatar_4AgplAp3HPnScbBcrSoJ6"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Unionizing always devolves into corruption and employees not giving their best.\nThere are all sorts of controversial comments that can come from assertion, but union track records don’t help their case.\nExcept people end up doing it out of massive frustration and/or ignorance, thinking that will be better in the long run.","datePublished":"2025-09-25T17:06:39.724Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/0WjgnsCub#c-BORrCpODb","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Isaac de Andrade","url":"https://daily.dev/andradei","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2653546?v=4"}}]} ```