Activision retaliated for organising, union’s complaint claims
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ACTIVISION Blizzard was accused of illegally retaliating against employees for their unionisation efforts, according to a labour board complaint by the union set to represent workers there.
The Communications Workers of America alleged in the filing, submitted Friday (Jun 3) to the US National Labor Relations Board, that the video game publisher violated federal law by terminating a dozen Wisconsin employees and reorganising operations at its Raven Software subsidiary in response to their organising efforts.
An Activision spokesperson did not immediately comment in response to an inquiry. The NLRB did not immediately confirm that it had received the CWA filing.
CWA won a unionisation election among the Raven staff last month by a vote of 19 to 3. Microsoft Corp, which is set to acquire Activision in a US$69 billion deal, said Thursday that it will work with unions representing employees. BLOOMBERG
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