Over 100 Avalanche Studios developers are unionising

Just Cause developer Avalanche has confirmed plans to enter a collective bargaining agreement with Swedish unions.

In a press release, Avalanche said the agreement is planned to go into effect by the second quarter of 2025 – that's a year from now – and "will apply to all Avalanchers employed in Sweden" in a bid to standardise "frameworks" around employment rights, including salaries, benefits, employee influence, and career support.

Watch on YouTube"Over the past years, we've taken significant steps toward making Avalanche one of the best workplaces in the games industry," says Stefanía Halldórsdóttir, Avalanche Studios Group’s CEO.

"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.

We'll use the coming months to carry out the necessary work in a careful, structured, and non-disruptive manner – all while continuing the development of several new and existing games."

Between now and when the CBA goes into effect, Avalanche says it will work closely with the Unionen and Engineers of Sweden unions as well as employer organisation Alemga, "to ensure a smooth implementation of the required frameworks".