Bethesda Union to Hold a March on July 15 Following Xbox Layoffs - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 10 July 2026 / 2,919 Views
The CWA-affiliated ZeniMax/Bethesda union, OneBGS, has released a statement following the mass Xbox layoffs that saw 440 union members laid off.
The union is planning a Save Our Devs March for Wednesday, July 15 to show Xbox management they won't quietly disappear and won't let this happen again.
"The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear," reads the statement from OneBGS (via Kotaku). "We won’t let that happen. Our next steps are to mobilize. We need every single member visible and unified. To that end, we are announcing our Save Our Devs March across all studios on Wednesday July 15th.
"We need to show management right now that we mean business, so they will properly take care of our fellow co-workers today and think twice before ever attempting something like this again. Stay strong, look out for one another, and we look forward to seeing us all marching together on the 15th."
WARN notices revealed that 213 employees at ZeniMax Online Studios, 166 at ZeniMax Media, 136 at id Software, and 22 at Bethesda Game Studios have been laid off.
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