BREAKING: Blizzard staff are compiling a list of workplace requests for management including equal pay, fair promotions, and living wages for QA. The US games industry has no unions -- this is one of the largest collective labor actions in games to date https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-05/blizzard-workers-organize-on-company-slack-seeking-pay-increases">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

Bloomberg has reviewed a draft of the list, which also asks Blizzard to create a strategy for staff retention. Lots of Blizzard employees have exited for neighboring companies such as Riot Games. "Our mentors are leaving in droves," the list says.

The list of requests was compiled in a Slack channel with over 870 members. A Blizzard spokesman tells Bloomberg the company is willing to talk. "We understand that some Blizzard employees have specific requests, and we look forward to hearing from them directly," spokesman said