HomeNews
Just Cause developers Avalanche have unionised, covering over 500 employeesAgreement will take effect from this time next year
Agreement will take effect from this time next year
Image credit:Avalanche
Image credit:Avalanche
To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
The deal will take effect from the second quarter of 2025 - this time next year - and will aim to “standardise frameworks around essential areas such as salaries, benefits, employee influence and career support” according to Avalanche’s announcement. The next few months will apparently be spent outlining exactly what’s offered and putting it in place, without disrupting the studio’s work onupcoming co-op smuggling game Contrabandand other projects.
“Over the past years, we’ve taken significant steps toward making Avalanche one of the best workplaces in the games industry,”saidCEO Stefanía Halldórsdóttir. “Our inclusive, warm, and welcoming culture, sound work-life balance, profit sharing, and parental leave policy - just to name a few - are a testament to that. These are all things that set us apart and allow us to focus on making great games. We hope that signing a CBA will be yet another step in that same direction.”
Avalanche’s union sees them join the likes ofSega of America,Zenimax QA workersandBlizzard staffas thosegames companies who have unionisedin the last year. The successful union efforts obviously come amid a turbulent 12 months for those in the industry, withwidespread layoffs, studio closures and more. Congratulations and good luck to them.
