A recent letter from team Na'vi CEO Alexander Kokhanovskyy has stated the demands of Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams. The letter was issued to event organizers care of a new eSports team union formed by professional competitors.

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"[eSports] has been developing rapidly for past few years and we want to establish more professional connection between top teams and big e-sports tournament & leagues organizers," Alexander writes. According to the letter, teams plan to begin holding organizers and contributors to these terms starting January 1, 2016.The team union includes several high-profile groups such as Na`Vi, Team Liquid, CLG, Cloud9, VP, TSM, fnatic, NiP, Titan and EnVyUs. It was sent to key organizations and other key partners, including ESL, Dreamhack, Starladder, Faceit, PGL, MLG, CEVO, Joindota, Dotacinema, One Game Agency (DotaPit & CounterPit), ESEA, ESWC, Dreamz Media, BTS, Fragbite, and Gfinity.The terms outlined by the union include baseline guarantees of compensated travel expenses separate from prize winnings, a refusal to attend online-only events with no LAN finals, minimum amounts of prize money for both games, private areas for teams at events, and provided transportation. Read the official letter to see all of the union's conditions.We will update this story with additional details as they become available.This is the second major union story to appear in recent news, as the SAG-AFTRA union representing video game voice actors recently began voting on whether or not to go on strike. According to the union, a strike would help encourage publishers to work with the performers to reach a settlement suiting both parties.

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