168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Activision Blizzard management is arguing that everyone at Raven Software should vote on unionization efforts put forth by the Game Workers Alliance, an unofficial union formed by Raven’s QA testers. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held hearings with Raven Software employees and management on Wednesday to discuss the merits of unionization efforts and who s🌱hould vote to unionize.
reported that much of the initial hearing was spent arguing over definitions of who should get a vote for unionization. Raven managemꦺent pressed for every Raven employee voting in an attempt to dilute union support as much as possible.
Raven’s QA team announced its intent to form North🐬 American’s fir🃏st gaming union last month following an 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:extended strike action in the wake of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:mass terminations. The 34 remaining QA testers requested union recognition but were refused by Raven management and Activision Blizzard. Since then, management has enacted multiple union-busting strategies, including 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:mandatory anti-union propag🔯anda viewings and organizational changes that ๊embed QA testers all ac෴ross Raven’s various studio divisions.
During the NLRB hearing, Raven QA testers testified that i𒉰n the weeks following those organizational changes many still don’t know who they report to or what they should even be doing. Organizational charts presented by Activision Blizzard showed QA testers embedded in ridiculous places like marketing and IT. Sources speaking to the Washington Post said that several Raven employees screengrabbed the organizational chart to create memes mocking 🔴Activision Blizzard.
“The lack of transparency from management durin𝓀g this process, coupled with their refusal to come to the table with Raven QA workers, has been demoralizing,” said the Game Workers Alliance in a statement. “It’s past time for Activision Blizzard to recognize that we — the workers — have organized our union and we’re not backing down.”
Various experts speaking to The Post noted that Activision Blizzard’s tactics show little has changed within the company. A strange course, given how Microsoft has gone on the record saying that Activision Blizzard musꦡt change for high-ranking executives to keep their jobs following Microsoft’s acquisition🍸 of the company next summer.
