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Psychonauts developer Double Fine are the latest Microsoft-owned studio to unionise
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Psychonauts developer Double Fine are the latest Microsoft-owned studio to unionise

Rock Paper Shotgun·Oisin Kuhnke·23 days ago
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Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Xbox Game Studios Some good news for the day: indie developer behind the cult classic psychic platformer Psychonauts and more Double Fine are unionising. As spotted by Aftermath , a petition was filed by the Microsoft-owned studio to the National Labor Relations board on May 7th, and are doing so with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), following suit from a number of other developers owned by the tech giant. "On May 7, the workers at Microsoft studio Double Fine Productions announced their decision to form a union with CWA to preserve and extend the studio’s commitments to creative excellence, diversity and inclusion, and worker quality of life," CWA said to Aftermath in a statement. "In tandem with requesting voluntary recognition from the company, workers have also filed an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to secure union representation.…

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