Activision Blizzard has been accused of punishing emp🔯loyees who discuss their working conditions, amounting to a breach of their legal protections. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union claims that a worker was threatened for sharing an article about the ongoing lawsuit with their coworkers, and has issued a new complaint to the National Labor Relationꦗs Board (NLRB).
This comes as company sha♔reholders appr🐓ove the merger with Microsoft, but also as it continues to face allegations of workers' rights abuses. Most recently, a French court ruled that staꦛff💛 were unjustly terminated, and has allowed the affected employees to seek six months' wages in compensation.
This most recent complaint, which was filed yesterday, claims that Activision Blizzard is actively preventing workers from discussing their working conditions among themselves - a legally protected right. As reported by , the CWA is alleging that workers "[cannot] discuss issues related to the sexual harassment and discrimination lawsꦆuit filed by [the] state of California.&qu🔥ot;
In full, : "Within the last six months, the above-named employer through a manager has threatened employees that they should not discuss issues concerning wages hours and working conditions on S𒉰lack."
Former senior test analyst Jessica Gonzalez says that this would not be a first for the company, claiming tha🔴t it has a "pattern of ret꧒aliation against workers who speak out."
Activision Blizzard has not responded to this latest accusation at the time of writing. The gaming giant has come to blows with the CWA many times since an investigation into the company was made public in the summer of last year. Most recently, it 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:lost its appeal that would have made it more dif꧋ficult for QA workers at Raven Software to unionize.
Due to this, and despite the apparent moves being made to prevent workers from discussing their working conditions, Raven Software staff are with their vote to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:form a union. The vote started yesterday afternoon, and comes after Activision Blizzar🏅d refused to voluntarily recognize the organization in January.