Bethesda unions mobilize after 440 layoffs spark protests and recall demands
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OneBGS members across Bethesda Game Studios, Id Software and ZeniMax Online Studios plan protests next week in Montreal, Rockville, Austin and Texas after 440 staff were laid off amid Microsoft/BGS restructuring. The union says it has rights to effects bargaining and is demanding preferential transfers to open Xbox/Microsoft roles, stronger severance and extended healthcare, and recall rights for laid-off workers; Microsoft/BGS say the cuts aim to align talent with core franchises, and the union notes this is the third ZeniMax studio to unionize while the fight continues at the bargaining table.
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