A group of 34 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software vote to unionize with the CWA, and ask the company to voluntarily recognize their union status
Mission Statement Game Workers Alliance is a movement formed and maintained … Kari Paul / The Guardian : Activision Blizzard employees form first of its kind Game Workers Alliance Union Theo Salaun / Dexerto : Warzone quality testers pressure Activision with new union Julia Love / Reuters : Workers at Activision Blizzard-owned studio Raven say they have formed union Andy Chalk / PC Gamer : Call of Duty QA workers form landmark game industry union Alice O'Connor / Rock, Paper, Shotgun : Raven Software QA workers are unionising, keeping Activision Blizzard's week lively Kyle Orland / Ars Technica : Members of Activision's Raven Software QA team form a union Nathan Brown / Hit Points : #88: Reasons to be cheerful Ethan Gach / Kotaku : Call Of Duty QA Testers Form Activision Blizzard's First Union Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch : Raven Software testers at Activision Blizzard form the first union at a major US gaming company Patrick Klepek / VICE : QA Testers at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software Studio Are Unionizing Tweets: @avianrampage : “After five weeks of striking, the QA testers at Raven Software, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, have formed one of the first unions in a AAA game publisher.” If the bosses won't give an inch, workers take a mile! ✊ https://www.theverge.com/... Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier : BREAKING: Testers at Raven Software, a division of Activision, say they've formed a union and are asking for voluntary recognition. The 34-person unit is the first-ever union in the big-budget video game industry. Filed to Bloomberg Terminal, story coming shortly. @ign : A group of Raven Software QA employees have become the first Activision Blizzard workers to form a union by launching the Game Workers Alliance. Activision Blizzard has responded. https://www.ign.com/... https://twitter.com/... Actors' Equity / @actorsequity : Bravo to these courageous games workers for trying to bring positive change and impact for your fellow industry peers. The labor movement stands behind you! #1u https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Ash Parrish / @adashtra : it's worth noting that this union comes one week before the laid off workers contracts would expire, they worked FAST to get this done while they could still hopefully protect people https://twitter.com/... Kellen Browning / @kellen_browning : Activision says it's reviewing @WeAreGWA's request for voluntary recognition, but believes “a direct relationship between the company and its team members delivers the strongest workforce opportunities.” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... @workingamerica : We are excited to welcome @RavenSoftware workers to the union family @WeAreGWA @CWAUnion, @CODE_CWA. We applaud their unity & encourage @ATVI_AB to recognize this union! #1u #GWAUnion https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Ryan Brown / @toadsanime : QA testers at Activision's Raven Software has unionised and is asking for voluntary recognition - the first ever union in AAA gaming: https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/... Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier : QA testers in the video game industry are generally underpaid, overworked, and seen by managers as disposable. Raven's union effort was also sparked by a big layoff last month that has led to an ongoing strike. Full story now on web: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : New: workers at Raven, the primary studio behind Call of Duty: Warzone and owned by Activision Blizzard, are unionizing. Comes after several weeks of striking; calling themselves the Game Workers Alliance Union https://www.vice.com/... Palle / @palle_hoffstein : Wishing them well. Unions don't solve everything but they offer a valuable tool to help make for better work environments and more equitable situations. https://twitter.com/... @ultimashadowx : The first domino has fallen into place. Wishing these people the best. I hope other Acti-Blizz employees and other industry workers can follow suit. Again, big corporate buyouts shouldn't be the “solution” to the problem, this helps protect employees far more in the long term. https://twitter.com/... Shannon Liao / @shannon_liao : NEW: 34 Raven Software workers have sent a letter to Activision Blizzard management calling to recognize their union. The union, Game Workers Alliance, is named in hopes that other parts of the company will organize and join over time. Our full story here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Nicole Carpenter / @sweetpotatoes : NEW: Raven Software QA workers announced this morning that they're officially unionizing. They're asking Activision Blizzard to voluntarily recognize their efforts. https://www.polygon.com/...