Nexon Korea has introduced it has agreed to provide a 6.8% wage enhance to the labor union representing the corporate’s workers.

The union, dubbed Beginning Level, stated it reached a tentative settlement with administration to raise the typical work wage for 2020. The Korea Herald stated it was the primary time {that a} South Korean game firm had introduced a wage hike publicly.

The transfer will seemingly be intently watched, as the concept of unionization has grown amongst game developers. A survey of greater than 4,000 developers confirmed that 54% of game developers now favor unionization, in comparison with 47% in the survey a yr in the past, in accordance with the Game Developers Affiliation.

The Nexon GT subsidiary will even see the same wage enhance. The businesses are anticipated to elucidate the modifications additional later this week. The union members are allowed to vote on the wage negotiations resulted in the same enhance, the union stated

The 2 corporations are scheduled to elucidate the negotiation course of and their future plans Wednesday and Thursday.

Labor union members can solid their votes on-line subsequent week. In South Korea, Smilegate is the one different game firm represented by a union. We’ve requested Nexon for remark.