Video games companies firm Key phrases Studios has made the entire unionised high quality assurance employees working at BioWare redundant.
As reported by Polygon, the group was let go in late September within the wake of the Dragon Age developer deciding to not renew its contact the earlier month. In 2022, the QA staff joined the United Meals and Business Staff Canada Union (UFCW) in any case 16 eligible members of employees voted. In doing so, they turned the primary bargaining unit throughout the Canadian video games business.
A UFCW advised Polygon that 13 staff have been laid off, one thing that Key phrases Studio’s international head of selling, Liz Corless, has confirmed.
“We will verify that regrettably the 13 Edmonton-based employees have now left the enterprise following the top of a hard and fast time period shopper contract,” she stated.
James Russwurm, a member of the QA bargaining unit at Key phrases Edmonton, stated that they have been laid off on September twenty seventh. The union has filed an employment requirements criticism in opposition to Key phrases, with Russwurm including that they have been supplied “minimal severance”.
The unionised staff have been within the means of negotiating a contract with Key phrases.