{"id":31532,"date":"2022-05-23T21:10:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T21:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/activision-employees-win-unionization-vote"},"modified":"2024-07-19T13:05:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T13:05:43","slug":"activision-employees-win-unionization-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/activision-employees-win-unionization-vote","title":{"rendered":"Activision employees win unionization vote – First major union in US video game industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
Raven Software (owned by Activision) employees who regulate quality assurance on Call of Duty Warzone<\/a> voted Monday in favor of forming a union. Back in April, almost 30 individuals mailed ballots to the National Labor Relations Board which led to an official count on Monday.<\/p>\n Nineteen of the workers voted in favor of unionization, with only three votes against the formation of the union. The group will be titled Game Workers Alliance and will move into contract negotiations with Activision Blizzard shortly. Though it should be noted that Microsoft still plans to acquire the Activision label as part of a $68.7 billion deal. Here’s what everyone is saying about the monumental vote.<\/p>\n Back in July of 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing officially filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard. The lawsuit alleged that Activision Blizzard allowed, and at times encouraged sexual misconduct towards some of their female employees.<\/p>\n Activision has since been accused of maintaining a “frat boy” culture, and that the company’s hiring and employment practices were discriminatory against women. The events led to a staff walkout after it was also alleged that Activision was shredding documents related to the case. All of the trouble resulted in rumors of Activision employees attempting to unionize to protect themselves, and it looks like now that they’ve taken the next step.<\/p>\n Nearly 30 game testers at Raven Software (owned by Activision) voted in favor of unionization, with only three going against the proposal for a union. Word got out once Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier<\/a> tweeted out the vote count, and to this point, it seems the public is in agreement with the vote to unionize.<\/p>\n It’s now official: testers at Activision-owned Raven Software have voted to form the U.S. video game industry’s first major union. There were 19 votes for and 3 votes against<\/p>\n — Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) May 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \nActivision’s recent legal troubles and lawsuit<\/h2>\n
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Activision union first of its kind in US Video Game industry<\/h2>\n
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