Unfair labor practices allegations have been filed against Activision Blizzard, the publisher of popular games such as Call of Duty and World of Warcraft.
In its allegations, Communications Workers of America, an American labor union, alleges that Activision Blizzard was "involved in the unlawful surveillance of workers" in his July. At this time, workers staged a strike protest to end gender inequality .
The CWA also stated that Activision Blizzard had removed access to internal chat channels where workers discussed wages and working conditions and terminated other channels where workers freely discussed. claimed to have threatenedLabor issues.
This is the second lawsuit against Activision this year, as the CWA filed suit earlier this year.
The first allegation was to counter Activision's telling its employees that it could not discuss sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits brought by the State of California.
Activision is currently awaiting approvals from various regulatory bodies around the world,pending a potential acquisition from Microsoft, worth approximately $69 billion.
Microsoft has publicly announced its intention to allow unions to organize without interference if the buyout ends. did.
However, Activision Blizzard has a completely different ruse, with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board seeking to unlawfully intimidateworkers and enforce social media policies. , their rights.
Activision Blizzard retains the services of Reed Smith, a union-busting company that previously worked with Raven Software to stop it from unionizing. Raven Software successfully organized in his May of this year.
With Activision Blizzard's flagship title Call of Duty losing over 30 million of his users in one year,the mobile game based on World of Warcraft ended. 52} The company is struggling in many ways. Front at the moment.
The fate of a large deal with Microsoft is unclear, but analysts suggest it could be resolved soon.
