The QA team at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software votes 19-3 to unionize, as US labor board prosecutors determined the company “illegally threatened staff”
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Discussion
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@greenhousenyt
Steven Greenhouse
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Discontent over working conditions at video game companies has been growing for years & that is fueling efforts to unionize at Activision & elsewhere 'Employees are often given shifts of 12 to 14 hours each day, with only one or two days off each month" https://www.nytimes.com/..…
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@motherboard
@motherboard
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This historic vote follows polling that suggests game developers are more interested in unionizing than ever before. https://www.vice.com/...
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@josheidelson
Josh Eidelson
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“These allegations are false,” Activision says in response. “Employees may and do talk freely about these workplace issues without retaliation, and our social media policy expressly incorporates employees' NLRA rights.” https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@stevenstrom
Steven Strom
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19-3 lmao hell yeah baby you truly love to see it https://twitter.com/...
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@greene_dm
Dan Greene
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Went on a five-week strike. The company broke apart and mixed up their bargaining unit. Win their election and coincidentally 1000 temps elsewhere in the company got full-time contracts and a raise. Strong. https://twitter.com/...
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@bigblackjacobin
Edward Ongweso Jr
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“One major reason this vote happened was poor treatment of the workers by Activision Blizzard in 2021, prompting a strike that lasted weeks and ended following a decision to hold a vote about forming a union” https://www.vice.com/...
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@acarboni
Anthony Carboni
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YES. This is huge, not just for Raven, but for the industry. KEEP GOING. https://twitter.com/...