CWA-Canada Files Complaint Against Bethesda Game Studios for Bad Faith Bargainings

CWA-Canada has filed unfair labor practice complaints against Microsoft-owned Bethesda Game Studios (BGS) for bargaining in bad faith with workers in Montreal, Québec. Game and media workers formed their union earlier this year and are bargaining for a first contract.

Bad faith actions by the company include imposing limits on who can represent the union at the table, withholding key information on bonuses and pay equity, and using delay tactics.

“For us, this is a fundamental issue of freedom of association,” said CWA-Canada President Carmel Smyth. “The company is treating Canada-based workers like second-class citizens—and we’re telling Microsoft that just doesn’t play in Canada.”

CWA has been a leader in organizing workers in the growing video game production industry in the U.S. and in Canada. Union teams on both sides of the border continue working together to ensure the best collective agreements at companies like Microsoft-BGS that have production facilities in both countries.

Bethesda Game Studios is known for blockbuster franchises like Fallout and Elder Scrolls.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.