The Game Workers Alliance will be officially recognized.

For several months now, employees from Raven Software, a subsidiary of video game publishing giant Activision Blizzard, have been attempting to form their own employee union. This union, the Game Workers Alliance, would be only the second union in the entire gaming industry if it were to be formed. Today, after a long road, not to mention numerous instances of attempted union-busting from Activision Blizzard, the GWA has reached official status.

The 22 participants held a unionization vote, and the final tally came to 19 for, 3 against. As such, the GWA has been officially recognized as a partner union to the Communications Workers of America.

“Our biggest hope is that our union serves as inspiration for the growing movement of workers organizing at video game studios to create better games and build workplaces that reflect our values and empower all of us,” the GWA said in a statement to The Verge. “We look forward to working with management to positively shape our working conditions and the future of Activision Blizzard through a strong union contract.”

Workers in one division of Activision Blizzard, the major video game company behind popular franchises such as Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Candy Crush, have voted to join the Communication Workers of America union. https://t.co/0eNgl4ts1X

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Activision Blizzard, for their part, have relented in their efforts to halt the union’s activities, though they do not believe it should be representative of the entirety of Raven Software given its relatively small size. “We respect and believe in the right of all employees to decide whether or not to support or vote for a union,” Activision Blizzard spokesperson Kelvin Liu told NPR. “We believe that an important decision that will impact the entire Raven Software studio of roughly 350 people should not be made by 19 Raven employees.”

Activision Blizzard is still embroiled in numerous lawsuits under suspicion of harassment and labor law violations. The impact of this unionization on these proceeds remains to be seen.