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Wizards of the Coast has said it does not intend to voluntarily recognize union efforts, the second time it has taken this position this year. PC Gamer reported the news.

Wizards of the Coast told employees it does not intend to voluntarily recognize the D&D or Studio X units of the United Wizards of the Coast Union ahead of a vote, the second such refusal this year. The union, formed in June by Magic: The Gathering Arena team members, is bargaining for fair wages, career progression, job security, remote work protections and sustainable workloads. Wizards said it will respect the election results regardless of the outcome.

The Dungeons & Dragons team and Team X, which works on Magic: The Gathering and Duel Masters, are joining the Wizards of the Coast-CWA union, expanding it beyond the Arena team. The union is calling on Hasbro and Wizards leadership to stop pushing LLMs and generative AI and to adopt an enforceable AI policy, and it also demands ownership of what employees create outside work. Wizards has until October 13 to voluntarily recognize the expanded unit; the Arena team's union was not voluntarily recognized and later won its election.

The Dungeons & Dragons team and Team X, which works on Magic: The Gathering and Dual Masters at Wizards of the Coast, are joining the Wizards of the Coast-CWA union that the Arena team formed earlier this year and that won its election in April. In a letter of demands, the union asks Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast leadership to stop pushing generative AI and to adopt an enforceable AI policy, and also seeks ownership of what employees create in their free time. The union has given the company until October 13 to voluntarily recognize the expanded unit, otherwise it would have to file with the NLRB and win another election.

Developers behind the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop RPG, D&D Beyond, Magic: The Gathering, and Duel Masters are unionizing and would join United Wizards of the Coast, a union formed earlier this year by Magic: The Gathering Arena developers with the Communication Workers of America. The group is seeking layoff protections, better wages, protections against AI, remote work protections, and full ownership of work created outside WotC offices. United Wizards of the Coast is asking supporters to sign a petition urging parent company Hasbro to voluntarily recognize the union, though WotC leadership previously sent letters to Magic: Arena developers asking them to carefully consider whether they truly wanted a union.