Editing Microsoft (section)

=== Unions ===
Microsoft [[Microsoft and unions|recognizes seven trade unions]]{{efn|{{unbulleted list citebundle|
[[Game Workers Alliance]] ([[Raven Software]])|
Game Workers Alliance Albany|
Activision Quality Assurance United-CWA|
ZeniMax Workers United/CWA|
OneBGS ([[Bethesda Game Studios]])|
World of Warcraft|
Texas Blizzard QA United-CWA
}}}} representing 1,750 workers in the United States at its video game subsidiaries [[Activision Blizzard]] and [[ZeniMax Media]].<ref name="wow-union">{{Cite news |last=Eidelson |first=Josh |date=2024-07-24 |title=Microsoft's 'World of Warcraft' Gaming Staff Votes to Unionize |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-24/world-of-warcraft-unionizes-growing-foothold-at-microsoft-s-activision-blizzard |access-date=2024-07-24 |work=[[Bloomberg.com]] |language=en}}</ref> U.S. workers have been vocal in opposing military and law-enforcement [[List of United States defense contractors|contracts]] with Microsoft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Birnbaum |first=Emily |date=2020-06-10 |title=Microsoft employees are pushing for change. Will it matter? |url=https://www.protocol.com/microsoft-employee-protest-police-contracts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002171913/https://www.protocol.com/microsoft-employee-protest-police-contracts |archive-date=2023-10-02 |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=[[Protocol (news)]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Bethesda Game Studios]] is unionized in [[Microsoft and unions#Canada|Canada]].<ref name="CWACanada2024">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-16 |title=Bethesda Game Studios Workers Win Labour Board Certification, Officially Join CWA Canada |url=https://cwacanada.ca/2024/08/16/bethesda-game-studios-workers-win-labour-board-certification-officially-join-cwa-canada/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816130635/https://cwacanada.ca/2024/08/16/bethesda-game-studios-workers-win-labour-board-certification-officially-join-cwa-canada/ |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=[[Communications Workers of America|CWA Canada]] |language=en}}</ref> Microsoft [[Microsoft and unions#South Korea|South Korea]] recognizes its [[Trade union|union]] since 2017.<ref name="UNI Global Union">{{Cite web |title=Microsoft Korea Workers' Union votes to strike over wages and disregard for workers' sacrifice during pandemic |url=https://uniglobalunion.org/news/microsoft-korea-workers-union-votes-to-strike-over-wages-and-disregard-for-workers-sacrifice-during-pandemic/ |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=[[UNI Global Union]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=Jiseon |date=2017-10-17 |title=South Korea Oracle Establishes Its First Labor Union |url=https://english.etnews.com/20171017200001?SNS=00002 |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=ETNEWS |language=en}}</ref> [[Microsoft and unions#Germany|German]] employees have elected [[works council]]s since 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richter |first=Isabel |date=2014-09-01 |title=Microsoft Deutschland führt "Vertrauensarbeitsort" ein |trans-title=Microsoft Germany introduces "trusted workplace |url=https://news.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-deutschland-fhrt-vertrauensarbeitsort-ein/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Microsoft Germany |language=de}}</ref>