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Sega Of America workers successfully vote in favour of unionisingAEGIS is now the largest multi-department union in games
AEGIS is now the largest multi-department union in games
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Sega
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Sega
Sega Of America employees have successfully voted to unionise under the banner Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega (AEGIS). The new multi-department union represents over 200 employees at the company’s Irvine and Burbank offices, working across divisions including QA, marketing, localisation, product development, live service, and more. Yesterday’s vote had 91 workers voting “yes” and 26 voting “no.”
AEGIS announced plans to unioniseearlier this year, with goals that included higher base pay, better benefits, balanced schedules, and proper staffing to “end patterns of overwork.” At the time, AEGIS claimed that “nearly a third of Sega’s long-time workers still lack full-time status, paid time off, proper training, or even bereavement leave.”
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“We are overjoyed to celebrate our union election win as members of AEGIS-CWA,”said Sega translator Ángel Gómez in a press release sent toPolygon. “From the start of this campaign, it has been clear that we all care deeply about our work at SEGA. Now, through our union, we’ll be able to protect the parts of our jobs we love, and strengthen the benefits, pay, and job stability available to all workers.”
TheAEGIS Twitteraccount mentions the union will now “head to the bargaining table” with Sega’s upper management.
QA staff have previously unionised atMicrosoft’s ZeniMax studios, as have QA workers at Activision studios such asRaven SoftwareandBlizzard Albany. Activision-owned developer Proletariat hadplannedto vote on a union but withdrew the petition earlier this year. The CWAblamedmanagement’s “confrontational tactics” for the withdrawal.
