Sega of America has created a new union, the largest of all departments

In the American division of Sega, about 150 employees voted to form a union. Allied Staff Guild Improving SEGA (AEGIS)which will be connected not only by gaming unions, but also through America’s Communications Workers. It is one of the first multi-agency gaming alliances and the largest of its kind in America. Until now, the unions have mainly created groups of testers.

Department staff joined AEGIS quality controlbut also localization, marketing, live service And product development. “Employees and fans deserve games designed by people who make a living. We have built bridges between employees across the company to rebuild our collective strength. We strive to understand the issues that we share, as well as those that are specific to individual departments, ”the official statement says. EGIS.

Trade unions have established five main goals:

• They want to reach increase in all salaries in order to meet industry standards, wages should be subject to rising costs associated with inflation,
• they should improve benefitsprovided by the employer, such as health care, retirement, or the ability to work from home.
• It should be more understandable and accessible career advancement,
• All positions should have clearly defined responsibilities with balanced work schedule.
• Last but not least, the unions want the departments to be properly filled, which will lead to end of regular overtime.

We believe the passionate and hardworking people in our Irvine offices deserve a voice in our work environment, and we unite to advocate for change in our workplace.

This is our vision for the way forward. #UnionizeSEGA pic.twitter.com/G4v2TDl0kL

— AEGIS-CWA 💙 #UnionizeSEGA (@takesAEGIS) April 24, 2023

In January, he acknowledged that there were about twice as many unions. Microsoft, but they are founded entirely by testers from ZeniMax. One of the first companies to start a wave of gaming unions was Raven Soft. At the same time, its employees faced significant dissatisfaction from the parent company. Activision Blizzard.