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Microsoft recognizes trade unions in the United States at its video game subsidiaries Activision Blizzard and ZeniMax Media since 2022. Microsoft South Korea recognizes its union since 2017. German employees have elected Works Councils since 1998. Microsoft workers have been active in opposing military/law-enforcement contracts with their employer.

Germany

Microsoft Germany has 2,700 employees and 6 offices across Germany as of 2014. Employees are represented by local Works Councils and a Central Works Council since 1998.^[1]

United States

Microsoft recognized its largest trade union in January 2023 when 300 QA testers, a majority at ZeniMax Studios voted to unionize as ZeniMax Workers United/CWA. This follows the unionization efforts of QA testers at Activision Blizzard which was acquired by Microsoft in 2022.^[2] Earlier in June 2022, Microsoft announced a labor neutrality agreement with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Microsoft agreed it will not interfere with nor oppose unionization efforts.^[3]

Activision Blizzard

The labor neutrality agreement went into effect at Activision Blizzard,^[3] as of December 2023; 60 days after Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard.^[4]

In May 2022, QA testers of Activision Blizzard subsidiary Raven Software went public as the Game Workers Alliance (GWA) with the support of Campaign to Organize Digital Employees-CWA and voted to unionize with a count of 19 – 2 in favor.^[5] The National Labor Relations Board recognized GWA as a union.^[6]^[7]

Following the Raven QA team's successful unionization, the 20-member QA team of Blizzard Albany announced a unionization drive in July 2022 as GWA Albany.^[8] The vote passed (14–0), forming the second union at an Activision Blizzard subsidiary.^[9]

Military contract

In February 2019, hundreds of Microsoft employees protested the company's war profiteering from a $480 million contract to develop virtual reality headsets for the United States Army.^[10]

ICE contract

100s of Microsoft employees protested their employers government contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).^[11]

GitHub (subsidiary of Microsoft) has a $200,000 contract with ICE for the use of their on-site product GitHub Enterprise Server. This contract was renewed in 2019, despite internal opposition from many GitHub employees. In an email sent to employees, later posted to the GitHub blog on October 9, 2019, CEO Nat Friedman stated "The revenue from the purchase is less than $200,000 and not financially material for our company." He announced that GitHub had pledged to donate $500,000 to "nonprofit groups supporting immigrant communities targeted by the current administration."^[12] In response, at least 150 GitHub employees signed an open letter re-stating their opposition to the contract, and denouncing alleged human rights abuses by ICE. As of November 13, 2019, five workers had resigned over the contract.^[13]^[14]^[15]

The ICE contract dispute came into focus again in June 2020 due to the company's decision to abandon "master/slave" branch terminology, spurred by the George Floyd protests and Black Lives Matter movement.^[16] Detractors of GitHub describe the branch renaming to be a form of performative activism and have urged GitHub to cancel their ICE contract instead.^[17] An open letter from members of the open source community was shared on GitHub in December 2019, demanding that the company drop its contract with ICE and provide more transparency into how they conduct business and partnerships. The letter has been signed by more than 700 people.^[18]

South Korea

In the Summer of 2017,^[19] 370 workers (half of the total workforce) of Microsoft Korea (South Korea) formed The Microsoft Korea Worker's Union.^[20] It is led by Lee Ok-Hyoung, and affiliated to the Korea Confederation of Trade Union.^[21]^{[note 1]}

On 24 November 2021, 90% of the union membership voted to go on strike over long working hours and a 3.5% pay increase that was rejected by the union membership.^[20]

Notes

^ ETNews claims MS Korea union formed in July 2017, while The Investor states it was formed in August 2017.

References

^ Richter, Isabel (2014-09-01). "Microsoft Deutschland führt "Vertrauensarbeitsort" ein" [Microsoft Germany introduces "trusted workplace]. Microsoft Germany (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-22.
^ Conditt, Jessica (2023-01-03). "Microsoft is now the home of the video game industry's largest union". Engadget. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
^ ^a ^b "Microsoft, union enter into labor neutrality agreement". Reuters. 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
^ Holt, Kris (2023-10-13). "Microsoft officially owns Activision Blizzard, ending a 21-month battle with regulators". Engadget. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
^ Orland, Kyle (2022-01-21). "Members of Activision's Raven Software QA team form a union". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
^ Wood, Austin (May 23, 2022). "Activision Blizzard employees form first major NA games union, hope to inspire "growing movement of workers"". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ Paul, Kari (May 23, 2022). "Activision Blizzard's Raven Software workers vote to form industry's first union". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "Blizzard QA workers in Albany are organizing Activision's second union". July 19, 2022. Archived from the original on August 1, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
^ Carpenter, Nicole (December 2, 2022). "Blizzard Albany becomes second unionized studio at Activision Blizzard". Polygon. Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
^ Wong, Julia Carrie (February 22, 2019). "'We won't be war profiteers': Microsoft workers protest $480m army contract". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
^ Birnbaum, Emily (2020-06-10). "Microsoft employees are pushing for change. Will it matter?". Protocol (news). Retrieved 2022-06-26.
^ "GitHub and US Government developers". The GitHub Blog. GitHub. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
^ "As GitHub's Conference Begins, Five Employees Resign Over ICE Contract". Vice. 13 November 2019. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
^ Ghaffary, Shirin (9 October 2019). "GitHub is the latest tech company to face controversy over its contracts with ICE". Vox. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
^ "Letter from GitHub employees to CEO about the company's ICE contract". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
^ "Microsoft's GitHub drops master-slave jargon". BBC News. 2020-06-15. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
^ "After GitHub CEO backs Black Lives Matter, workers demand an end to ICE contract". Los Angeles Times. 2020-06-13. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
^ Truong, Kevin (20 July 2020). "The Open Source Community Is Calling on Github to 'Drop ICE'". Vice News. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
^ Park, Ga-young (10 July 2018). "Oracle Korea's reputation on the line with record-long strike". The Investor. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
^ ^a ^b "Microsoft Korea Workers' Union votes to strike over wages and disregard for workers' sacrifice during pandemic". UNI Global Union. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
^ Kim, Jiseon (2017-10-17). "South Korea Oracle Establishes Its First Labor Union". ETNEWS. Retrieved 2022-06-26.

External links

Database of Microsoft collective actions

[22] ETNews claims MS Korea union formed in July 2017, while The Investor states it was formed in August 2017.

[1] Richter, Isabel (2014-09-01). "Microsoft Deutschland führt "Vertrauensarbeitsort" ein" [Microsoft Germany introduces "trusted workplace]. Microsoft Germany (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-22.

[2] Conditt, Jessica (2023-01-03). "Microsoft is now the home of the video game industry's largest union". Engadget. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

[:1-3] "Microsoft, union enter into labor neutrality agreement". Reuters. 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-26.

[4] Holt, Kris (2023-10-13). "Microsoft officially owns Activision Blizzard, ending a 21-month battle with regulators". Engadget. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

[5] Orland, Kyle (2022-01-21). "Members of Activision's Raven Software QA team form a union". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2024-06-18.

[6] Wood, Austin (May 23, 2022). "Activision Blizzard employees form first major NA games union, hope to inspire "growing movement of workers"". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[7] Paul, Kari (May 23, 2022). "Activision Blizzard's Raven Software workers vote to form industry's first union". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[8] "Blizzard QA workers in Albany are organizing Activision's second union". July 19, 2022. Archived from the original on August 1, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.

[9] Carpenter, Nicole (December 2, 2022). "Blizzard Albany becomes second unionized studio at Activision Blizzard". Polygon. Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. Retrieved February 11, 2023.

[10] Wong, Julia Carrie (February 22, 2019). "'We won't be war profiteers': Microsoft workers protest $480m army contract". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.

[11] Birnbaum, Emily (2020-06-10). "Microsoft employees are pushing for change. Will it matter?". Protocol (news). Retrieved 2022-06-26.

[12] "GitHub and US Government developers". The GitHub Blog. GitHub. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2019.

[13] "As GitHub's Conference Begins, Five Employees Resign Over ICE Contract". Vice. 13 November 2019. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

[14] Ghaffary, Shirin (9 October 2019). "GitHub is the latest tech company to face controversy over its contracts with ICE". Vox. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

[15] "Letter from GitHub employees to CEO about the company's ICE contract". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

[16] "Microsoft's GitHub drops master-slave jargon". BBC News. 2020-06-15. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved 2020-07-01.

[17] "After GitHub CEO backs Black Lives Matter, workers demand an end to ICE contract". Los Angeles Times. 2020-06-13. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved 2020-07-01.

[18] Truong, Kevin (20 July 2020). "The Open Source Community Is Calling on Github to 'Drop ICE'". Vice News. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved 2020-10-19.

[19] Park, Ga-young (10 July 2018). "Oracle Korea's reputation on the line with record-long strike". The Investor. Retrieved 2022-06-26.

[:0-20] "Microsoft Korea Workers' Union votes to strike over wages and disregard for workers' sacrifice during pandemic". UNI Global Union. Retrieved 2022-06-26.

[21] Kim, Jiseon (2017-10-17). "South Korea Oracle Establishes Its First Labor Union". ETNEWS. Retrieved 2022-06-26.

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 {{Short description|Relationship between Microsoft and labor unions around the world}}
-[[Microsoft]] recognized [[Trade union|trade unions]] in the United States since 2022 at its subsidiaries [[Activision Blizzard]] and [[ZeniMax Media]]. Microsoft South Korea recognizes its union since 2017 and German employees have elected [[Works council|Works Councils]] since 1998.
+[[Microsoft]] recognizes [[Trade union|trade unions]] in the United States at its video game subsidiaries [[Activision Blizzard]] and [[ZeniMax Media]] since 2022. Microsoft South Korea recognizes its union since 2017. German employees have elected [[Works council|Works Councils]] since 1998. Microsoft workers have been active in opposing military/law-enforcement contracts with their employer.
-Microsoft workers have been active in opposing military/law-enforcement contracts with their employer.
 == Germany ==
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 == United States ==
-[[Microsoft]] recognized its first trade unions in January 2023 when 300 [[Software testing|QA testers]], a majority at [[ZeniMax Online Studios|ZeniMax Studios]] voted to unionize as ZeniMax Workers United/[[Communications Workers of America|CWA]]. This follows the unionization efforts of QA testers at [[Activision Blizzard]] which was [[Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft|acquired]] by Microsoft in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Conditt |first=Jessica |date=2023-01-03 |title=Microsoft is now the home of the video game industry's largest union |url=https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-union-zenimax-vote-recognize-190529301.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=[[Engadget]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
+[[Microsoft]] recognized its largest trade union in January 2023 when 300 [[Software testing|QA testers]], a majority at [[ZeniMax Online Studios|ZeniMax Studios]] voted to unionize as ZeniMax Workers United/[[Communications Workers of America|CWA]]. This follows the unionization efforts of QA testers at [[Activision Blizzard]] which was [[Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft|acquired]] by Microsoft in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Conditt |first=Jessica |date=2023-01-03 |title=Microsoft is now the home of the video game industry's largest union |url=https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-union-zenimax-vote-recognize-190529301.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=[[Engadget]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Earlier in June 2022, Microsoft announced a labor neutrality agreement with the [[Communications Workers of America]] (CWA). Microsoft agreed it will not [[Union busting|interfere with nor oppose unionization]] efforts.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2022-06-13 |title=Microsoft, union enter into labor neutrality agreement |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-union-enter-into-labor-neutrality-agreement-2022-06-13/ |access-date=2022-06-26 |work=[[Reuters]] |language=en}}</ref>
-Earlier in June 2022 Microsoft announced a labor neutrality agreement with the [[Communications Workers of America]] (CWA). Microsoft agreed it will not [[Union busting|interfere with nor oppose unionization]] efforts.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2022-06-13 |title=Microsoft, union enter into labor neutrality agreement |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-union-enter-into-labor-neutrality-agreement-2022-06-13/ |access-date=2022-06-26 |work=[[Reuters]] |language=en}}</ref>
 === Activision Blizzard ===
+The labor neutrality agreement went into effect at [[Activision Blizzard]],<ref name=":1" /> as of December 2023; 60 days after [[Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft|Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holt |first=Kris |date=2023-10-13 |title=Microsoft officially owns Activision Blizzard, ending a 21-month battle with regulators |url=https://www.engadget.com/activision-blizzard-now-officially-belongs-to-microsoft-125053787.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=[[Engadget]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
-{{Main|Activision Blizzard worker organization}}
-The labor neutrality agreement also applied to [[Activision Blizzard]],<ref name=":1" /> as of December 2023; 60 days after Microsoft's acquisition of it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holt |first=Kris |date=2023-10-13 |title=Microsoft officially owns Activision Blizzard, ending a 21-month battle with regulators |url=https://www.engadget.com/activision-blizzard-now-officially-belongs-to-microsoft-125053787.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=[[Engadget]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
-In May 2022, QA testers of Activision Blizzard subsidiary [[Raven Software]] went public as the [[Activision Blizzard worker organization|Game Workers Alliance]] (GWA) and voted to unionize with a count of 19 – 2 in favor. The [[National Labor Relations Board]] recognized GWA as a union.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Austin |date=May 23, 2022 |title=Activision Blizzard employees form first major NA games union, hope to inspire "growing movement of workers" |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/activision-blizzards-raven-software-wins-landmark-union-vote-its-a-beautiful-day-to-unionize |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614213540/https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/activision-blizzards-raven-software-wins-landmark-union-vote-its-a-beautiful-day-to-unionize/ |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |access-date=14 June 2022 |website=GamesRadar+}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Paul |first1=Kari |date=May 23, 2022 |title=Activision Blizzard's Raven Software workers vote to form industry's first union |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/23/activision-blizzard-raven-software-union-vote |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614213533/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/23/activision-blizzard-raven-software-union-vote |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |access-date=14 June 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
+In May 2022, QA testers of Activision Blizzard subsidiary [[Raven Software]] went public as the [[Activision Blizzard worker organization|Game Workers Alliance]] (GWA) with the support of [[CODE-CWA|Campaign to Organize Digital Employees-CWA]] and voted to unionize with a count of 19 – 2 in favor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orland |first=Kyle |date=2022-01-21 |title=Members of Activision’s Raven Software QA team form a union |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/01/members-of-activisions-raven-software-qa-team-form-a-union/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}</ref> The [[National Labor Relations Board]] recognized GWA as a union.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Austin |date=May 23, 2022 |title=Activision Blizzard employees form first major NA games union, hope to inspire "growing movement of workers" |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/activision-blizzards-raven-software-wins-landmark-union-vote-its-a-beautiful-day-to-unionize |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614213540/https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/activision-blizzards-raven-software-wins-landmark-union-vote-its-a-beautiful-day-to-unionize/ |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |access-date=14 June 2022 |website=GamesRadar+}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Paul |first1=Kari |date=May 23, 2022 |title=Activision Blizzard's Raven Software workers vote to form industry's first union |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/23/activision-blizzard-raven-software-union-vote |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614213533/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/23/activision-blizzard-raven-software-union-vote |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |access-date=14 June 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
 Following the Raven QA team's successful unionization, the 20-member QA team of [[Blizzard Albany]] announced a unionization drive in July 2022 as GWA Albany.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 19, 2022 |title=Blizzard QA workers in Albany are organizing Activision's second union |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/19/23270108/blizzard-qa-workers-union-activision-gwa-albany-vicarious-visions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801055231/https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/19/23270108/blizzard-qa-workers-union-activision-gwa-albany-vicarious-visions |archive-date=August 1, 2022 |access-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref> The vote passed (14–0), forming the second union at an Activision Blizzard subsidiary.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Carpenter |first1=Nicole |date=2022-12-02 |title=Blizzard Albany becomes second unionized studio at Activision Blizzard |url=https://www.polygon.com/23490063/activision-blizzard-albany-qa-union-vote-win |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126175937/https://www.polygon.com/23490063/activision-blizzard-albany-qa-union-vote-win |archive-date=January 26, 2023 |access-date=2023-02-11 |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |language=en-US |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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 [[GitHub]] (subsidiary of Microsoft) has a $200,000 contract with ICE for the use of their on-site product GitHub Enterprise Server. This contract was renewed in 2019, despite internal opposition from many GitHub employees. In an email sent to employees, later posted to the GitHub blog on October 9, 2019, CEO [[Nat Friedman]] stated "The revenue from the purchase is less than $200,000 and not financially material for our company." He announced that GitHub had pledged to donate $500,000 to "nonprofit groups supporting immigrant communities targeted by the current administration."<ref>{{cite web |date=9 October 2019 |title=GitHub and US Government developers |url=https://github.blog/2019-10-09-github-and-us-government-developers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322042959/https://github.blog/2019-10-09-github-and-us-government-developers/ |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |access-date=October 10, 2019 |website=The GitHub Blog |publisher=GitHub}}</ref> In response, at least 150 GitHub employees signed an open letter re-stating their opposition to the contract, and denouncing alleged human rights abuses by ICE. As of November 13, 2019, five workers had resigned over the contract.<ref>{{cite web |date=13 November 2019 |title=As GitHub's Conference Begins, Five Employees Resign Over ICE Contract |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evjwwp/as-githubs-conference-begins-five-employees-resign-over-protest-ice-contract |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043012/https://www.vice.com/en/article/evjwwp/as-githubs-conference-begins-five-employees-resign-over-protest-ice-contract |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |access-date=November 15, 2019 |website=Vice |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ghaffary |first1=Shirin |date=9 October 2019 |title=GitHub is the latest tech company to face controversy over its contracts with ICE |url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/10/9/20906605/github-ice-contract-immigration-ice-dan-friedman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043021/https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/10/9/20906605/github-ice-contract-immigration-ice-dan-friedman |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |access-date=November 15, 2019 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Letter from GitHub employees to CEO about the company's ICE contract |language=en |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/letter-from-github-employees-to-ceo-about-the-company-s-ice-contract/fb280de9-2bc3-40d5-b1a5-e3b954bf0d25/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043039/https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/letter-from-github-employees-to-ceo-about-the-company-s-ice-contract/fb280de9-2bc3-40d5-b1a5-e3b954bf0d25/ |archive-date=March 22, 2021}}</ref>
-The ICE contract dispute came into focus again in June 2020 due to the company's decision [[Master/slave (technology)#Terminology concerns|to abandon "master/slave" branch terminology]], spurred by the George Floyd protests and [[Black Lives Matter]] movement.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-06-15 |title=Microsoft's GitHub drops master-slave jargon |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53050955 |url-status=live |access-date=2020-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043006/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53050955 |archive-date=March 22, 2021}}</ref> Detractors of GitHub describe the branch renaming to be a form of [[performative activism]] and have urged GitHub to cancel their ICE contract instead.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-13 |title=After GitHub CEO backs Black Lives Matter, workers demand an end to ICE contract |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-06-12/github-ceo-black-lives-matter-employees-demand-end-ice-contract |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043014/https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-06-12/github-ceo-black-lives-matter-employees-demand-end-ice-contract |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |access-date=2020-07-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> An open letter from members of the open source community was shared on GitHub in December 2019, demanding that the company drop its contract with ICE and provide more transparency into how they conduct business and partnerships. The letter has been signed by more than 700 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Open Source Community Is Calling on Github to 'Drop ICE' |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7jpgy/open-source-community-changing-github-avatars-drop-ice |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043019/https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7jpgy/open-source-community-changing-github-avatars-drop-ice |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |access-date=2020-10-19 |website=www.vice.com |date=20 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
+The ICE contract dispute came into focus again in June 2020 due to the company's decision [[Master/slave (technology)#Terminology concerns|to abandon "master/slave" branch terminology]], spurred by the George Floyd protests and [[Black Lives Matter]] movement.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-06-15 |title=Microsoft's GitHub drops master-slave jargon |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53050955 |url-status=live |access-date=2020-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043006/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53050955 |archive-date=March 22, 2021}}</ref> Detractors of GitHub describe the branch renaming to be a form of [[performative activism]] and have urged GitHub to cancel their ICE contract instead.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-13 |title=After GitHub CEO backs Black Lives Matter, workers demand an end to ICE contract |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-06-12/github-ceo-black-lives-matter-employees-demand-end-ice-contract |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043014/https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-06-12/github-ceo-black-lives-matter-employees-demand-end-ice-contract |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |access-date=2020-07-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> An open letter from members of the open source community was shared on GitHub in December 2019, demanding that the company drop its contract with ICE and provide more transparency into how they conduct business and partnerships. The letter has been signed by more than 700 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Truong |first=Kevin |date=20 July 2020 |title=The Open Source Community Is Calling on Github to 'Drop ICE' |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7jpgy/open-source-community-changing-github-avatars-drop-ice |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043019/https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7jpgy/open-source-community-changing-github-avatars-drop-ice |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |access-date=2020-10-19 |website=[[Vice News]] |language=en}}</ref>
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 * [[IBM and unions]]
 * [[SAP and unions]]
+* [[Game Workers Unite]]
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