--- title: Candy Crush maker King declines collective bargaining... description: King, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Candy Crush, has rejected a collective bargaining agreement sought by Swedish employees after a year of negotiations... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/candy-crush-maker-king-declines-collective-bargaining-agreement-bqef4z0n1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Candy Crush maker King declines collective bargaining agreement | daily.dev og:description: King, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Candy Crush, has rejected a collective bargaining agreement sought by Swedish employees after a year of negotiations... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/candy-crush-maker-king-declines-collective-bargaining-agreement-bqef4z0n1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Bqef4Z0N1.png og:image:alt: Candy Crush maker King declines collective bargaining agreement 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. # Candy Crush maker King declines collective bargaining agreement **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary King, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Candy Crush, has rejected a collective bargaining agreement sought by Swedish employees after a year of negotiations with trade unions Unionen and Sveriges Ingenjörer. Company president Todd Green cited King's existing benefits package as superior and argued that adopting a collective agreement would require significant operational changes. The union club at King was originally formed in late 2024 following the removal of a private doctor benefit. The rejection comes amid broader Microsoft layoffs affecting King, including around 200 redundancies in Barcelona in 2025 and reports of employees being replaced by internal AI tools. Unionen expressed disappointment but said it remains committed to supporting King staff and continuing dialogue after summer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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