Activision Blizzard employees go on strike for an indefinite period of 200 people
Activision Blizzard workers announce open-ended strike and union drive | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/12/activision-blizzard-workers-announce-open-ended-strike-and-union-drive/
'Call of Duty: Vanguard' and'Warzone' contractors laid off by Activision Blizzard --The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/12/03/raven-software-layoffs/
Raven Software, which develops ' Call of Duty: Warzone ' and others, has notified 12 contract employees, which is 30% of the employees in charge of quality assurance, that the contract will be terminated on January 28, 2022. A total of more than 200 Raven Software employees, including the Quality Assurance team, and Activision Blizzard employees said they were dissatisfied with the decision and the treatment of the remaining contractors was unclear. A strike was carried out in search of 'becoming an employee'. He announced that he would continue the strike until his colleague's position was restored.
The ABK Workers Alliance, organized by Activision Blizzard employees, said, 'Employees who are dismissed do not have poor work performance, and some of them are rather top performers. This is a mysterious and unacceptable behavior given the rapid increase in revenue and workload, which is inconsistent with the company's goal of being an 'industry model', 'he said, fully supporting the strike.
The ABK Workers Alliance is also crowdfunding to raise funds to pay its employees after receiving a notice from Activision Blizzard that 'there will be no salary after the number of days that the strike does not reduce the salary.' Established 'ABK Strike Fund'. We solicited donations by citing the above-mentioned dismissal problem and the sexual harassment and sex discrimination problems that had been exposed for some time, and at the time of writing the article, out of the target amount of 1 million dollars (about 113 million yen), 209,540 dollars (about 24 million yen) is collected .
The ABK Workers Alliance is also actively working to create a formal union, such as by handing out union approval cards to employees. If the ABK Workers Alliance collects signatures from more than 30% of its employees, the company must vote to form a union under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Commission.
'We have witnessed employees being ignored by the company for many years,' said Valentine Powell, president of the ABK Workers Alliance. 'It's a long way to go, but to let you know what the company has done, we I would like to support my colleagues. '
There is still a long way to go, but we want to support our coworkers across ABK to finally have a real voice in how our companies are run, because for the past months and years, we have seen our leadership continue to ignore the needs of its employees.
— Valentine Powell ???????? ️ ????????️⚧️ (@valentine_irl) December 9, 2021
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