{"id":2753,"date":"2022-04-26T00:25:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T22:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/bioware-contractors-who-do-qa-work-on-mass-effect-and-more-want-a-union\/"},"modified":"2022-04-26T00:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T22:25:10","slug":"bioware-contractors-who-do-qa-work-on-mass-effect-and-more-want-a-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/bioware-contractors-who-do-qa-work-on-mass-effect-and-more-want-a-union\/","title":{"rendered":"BioWare contractors who do QA work on Mass Effect and more want a union"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"source-title\">BioWare contractors who do QA work on Mass Effect and more want a union<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-text\">\n<div>\n<p >Workers at Keywords Studios, which have in the past supported BioWare&#8217;s quality assurance (QA) efforts, are moving toward unionization according to paperwork filed in Canada. Polygon confirmed the filing with the Alberta Labour Relations Board Monday. <\/p>\n<p >An account called KeywordsUnitedYEG posted <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/old.reddit.com\/r\/alberta\/comments\/ubsgsv\/ufcw_local_401_labour_board_union_application_for\/\">a notice on Reddit&#8217;s Alberta<\/a> forum, also on Monday, noting that workers had organized under the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gounion.ca\/\">United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union, Local No. 401<\/a> to become the certified bargaining agent for a unit of employees of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keywordsstudios.com\/\">Keywords Studios B.C. <\/a> Union workers could test the next Mass Effect and Dragon Age games. <\/p>\n<p >Keywords is a company that provides &#8220;long-term and cost-efficient video game testing solutions&#8221; for other developers, according to its website. Some of the partners include Square Enix, Electronic Arts and Blizzard Entertainment. According to the company&#8217;s official site, it provided QA for the most recent Dragon Age and Mass Effect titles &#8212; which are BioWare&#8217;s most successful series. <\/p>\n<p >This represents another step towards unionization within the gaming industry. Some studios are willing to join forces despite resistance from management and publishers. Raven Software, a support QA studio that worked on the popular Call of Duty franchise, is also in the early stages of a unionization effort. <\/p>\n<p >Polygon reached out to United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union Local No. 401 as well as Keywords, BioWare, and Electronic Arts for additional comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-image\">https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/cZc1486MuXPMh44_BfWDuNTSnks=\/90&#215;0:2691&#215;1362\/fit-in\/1200&#215;630\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/9450027\/dragon_age.jpg<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-link\">https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23041676\/bioware-qa-union-keywords-mass-effect-dragon-age<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BioWare contractors who do QA work on Mass Effect and more want a union Workers at Keywords Studios, which have in the past supported BioWare&#8217;s quality assurance (QA) efforts, are moving toward unionization according to paperwork filed in Canada. Polygon confirmed the filing with the Alberta Labour Relations Board Monday. An account called KeywordsUnitedYEG posted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}