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Wizards of the Coast declines voluntary recognition for employee union drive

Wizards of the Coast has declined to voluntarily recognize a union drive, forcing staff to hold a secret-ballot election.

FTMQ Gaming, written by our newsroom20 October 2026 at 01:070 views

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Wizards of the Coast has declined to grant voluntary recognition to a union drive by its Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X teams, GamesIndustry.biz reported. Staff members will instead vote on joining the union through a secret-ballot election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board. [1]

The union, named United Wizards of the Coast-CWA, announced the company's decision on social media on Wednesday, October 14, according to GamesIndustry.biz. A spokesperson for Wizards of the Coast confirmed the decision, and an internal email was obtained by Wargamer. [1]

Labor organizing in the games industry has seen varied results recently. As FTMQ Gaming reported earlier, a separate unionization attempt at Double Fine Productions was abruptly withdrawn two weeks after filing in May 2026 due to eligibility questions and internal employee conflict. [7]

The upcoming vote will now proceed under the direction of the National Labor Relations Board to determine whether the Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X workers will be officially represented by the Communications Workers of America. [1]

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In short

Wizards of the Coast declined voluntary recognition for a union drive.
Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X staff will vote in an NLRB secret-ballot election.
The union organizing the workers is United Wizards of the Coast-CWA.
The decision was announced on Wednesday, October 14.

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Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

[1]Wizards of the Coast declines to voluntarily recognize D&D and Studio X union driveGamesIndustry.biz, 15d ago (the report this story comes from)
[2]Wizards of the Coast declines to voluntarily recognize D&D and Studio X union driveGameDev.net, 15d ago

Background

[3]Wizards! on Wikipedia
[4]Soviet Union on Wikipedia
[5]Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Wikipedia
[6]Coast on Grokipedia
[7]Double Fine union drive collapsed after culture clash and employee conflict FTMQ Gaming, 25d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 7 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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