The world of video game workers is increasingly asking for more security from their companies, and the latest case of workers’ unions active against them concerns Zenimax, the company acquired by Microsoft which also contains Bethesda.\r\nAs reported by Inverse, in fact, ZeniMax Union workers have gone on strike across the country to protest the company’s failure to support their demands.\r\nHundreds of Bethesda workers who work at locations in Maryland and Texas and worked on the franchise Fallout, in the United States, have raised their voices to protest in particular the lack of assistance regarding requests for increased remote working, and the outsourcing of quality control work without union agreement.\r\nThe The theme of smart working returns again, therefore, after there were similar complaints from workers and their respective unions within Ubisoft (also in Italy).\r\nZeniMax is at the center of a dispute in which the union accuses the company to have ignored repeatedly their requests for flexible remote working and to have started external collaborations for quality control, reducing opportunities for internal workers.\r\nWhich goes hand in hand with the many layoffs that have occurred over the years, which have led to in any case to Xbox’s desire to make other acquisitions, despite everything.\r\nLast October, the ZeniMax Union filed a complaint for anti-union behavior against the company. While stressing that Microsoft has made progress in negotiations, the union said a one-day strike was necessary to advance their cause. Microsoft and ZeniMax have not yet released any comments on the matter.\r\n«I’m excited. I can’t wait for tomorrow,” says Rhyanna Eichner, head of quality assurance testing:\r\n\r\n“I know it sounds strange, but we can’t wait to get together and spend time together. Everyone understands that this must happen. This is what needs to be done moving forward. We are all ready for this.»\r\n\r\nEichner also explains that the companies have reviewed the unions’ proposals several times, but apparently the mobilizations have not worked.\r\nAdding to the dialogue is Juniper Dowell , a senior quality assurance tester working in Rockville, Maryland.\r\nDowell says many testers would be forced to move or find a new job if they had to work in the office all the time, since they were hired under circumstances different: «Striking is not fun or ideal, but we hope to be able to convince them to stop procrastinating and meet us at the table.»\r\nWith the many layoffs and the increasingly aggressive policies of the companies it was inevitable that there would be strikes of mass. Unions are also at war with PlayStation, for example, over what happened to Concord.