Sega of America employees have formally voted to unionise, below the identify the Allied Staff Guild Enhancing Sega (AEGIS-CWA), after saying plans to take action earlier this yr.
A “supermajority” of 144 workers unfold throughout advertising, localisation, product growth, and high quality assurance at Sega of America revealed its intention to unionise again in April, with the purpose of securing larger base pay, bettering advantages, and extra.
On the time, the group confirmed it had contacted the Nationwide Labor Relations Board so as to file for an election, to which Sega administration had been mentioned to be “investigating and contemplating the choices accessible”. That election has now taken place, with 91 workers voting sure and 26 voting no out of 200+ eligible workers.
As soon as the Nationwide Labor Relations Board has licensed right this moment’s outcomes, the Allied Staff Guild Enhancing SEGA would be the fifth online game union in the USA, following profitable unionisation efforts at Microsoft’s ZeniMax Studios, Activision Blizzard’s Raven Software program, Blizzard Albany, and VR/AR indie developer Tender Claws.
Tender Claws turned the primary US online game union to span a number of departments, however right this moment’s vote at Sega will make AEGIS-CWA the primary multi-department union at a significant video games firm.
“We’re overjoyed to have fun our union election win as members of AEGIS-CWA,” Ángel Gómez, a translator at Sega, mentioned in a press launch accompanying right this moment’s information (thanks Polygon). “Now, via our union, we’ll have the ability to shield the components of our jobs we love, and strengthen the advantages, pay, and job stability accessible to all employees.”
