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Now a union have filed charges against Activision Blizzard tooEmployees and the union accuse them of unfair labour practices
Employees and the union accuse them of unfair labour practices
A group of Activision Blizzard workers have teamed up with a union to file charges of unfair labour practices, accusing the company of “intimidation and union busting”. This comes less than two months after a California state agency sued the companyfor alleged discrimination, harrassment, and retaliation. The new charges filed with the labour board claim that Actiblizzard have attempted to stop employees from discussing working conditions or working together to improve them, in violation of labour law.
In July, California’s Department Of Fair Employment And Housing went after Activision Blizzard with a lawsuit alleging that they treat women unfairly in pay and progression and have “fostered a pervasive ‘frat boy’ workplace culture” which “is a breeding ground for harassment and discrimination”.
Now a group of employees have joined with the Communications Workers Of America (CWA) union to file charges of unfair labour practices with the USA’s National Labor Relations Board.
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The chargealleges that Activision Blizzard are threatening employees who are exercising their Section 7 rights to self-organise, claiming that:
“The employer has threatened employees that they cannot talk about or communicate about wages, hours and working conditions; told employees they cannot communicate with or discuss ongoing investigations of wages, hours and working conditions; maintained an overly broad social media policy; enforced the social media policy against employees who have engaged in protected concerted activity; threatened or disciplined employees on account of protected concerted activity; engaged in surveillance of employees engaged in protected concerted activity and engaged in interrogation of employees about protected concerted activity.”
War, eh.
Asthe National Labor Relations Board explain, Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act guarantees employees “the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection”.
ABetterABK, the employee group,tweeted, “If the NLRB rules in our favor, the ruling will be retroactive and we will set a precedent that no worker in the US can be intimidated out of talking about forced arbitration.”
Activision Blizzard are the parent company of Blizzard Entertainment, publishing arm Activision, mobile and social gaming mob King, esports crew Major League Gaming, and assorted studios including Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, and Toys For Bob. Since the Department Of Fair Employment And Housing brought the suit,Blizzard president J. Allen Brack has left, a senior HR fellais gone too, and others including the director ofDiablo 4havereportedly been let go.
