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Blizzard Albany, formerly Vicarious Visions, gets union vote greenlight - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/10/18/blizzard-albany-nlrb-union-vote

In a Tuesday decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that a group of 21 quality assurance testers at Blizzard Albany, formerly Vicarious Visions, could vote in a union election.

Testers at Blizzard Albany argued in front of the board in August that they should be allowed to form a union on their own. Parent company Activision Blizzard countered that a broader number of workers — 88 employees at the Blizzard Albany studio working on Diablo games — should get to vote in the union.

Labor experts have told The Washington Post that companies often seek to increase the size of the bargaining unit so that chances of a union vote succeeding are lower.

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Activision Blizzard accused of employee surveillance in new complaint
▻https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/activision-blizzard-accused-of-illegal-surveillance-in-new-nlrb-compl

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A new worker complaint to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges that Activision Blizzard has been illegally surveilling its employees. […]

In response to accusations of illegal surveillance, an Activision Blizzard spokesperson said that “Recent employee walkouts have frequently been attended by reporters seeking comment from not only the participants but the company itself. We routinely have PR staff on-site, at a respectful distance from employees on strike, to assist media.”

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Nintendo hit with National Labor Relations Board complaint
▻https://www.axios.com/2022/04/19/nintendo-nlrb-complaint

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An unnamed worker is alleging that Nintendo, and a firm it uses for hiring contractors, violated their legally protected right to unionize, according to a new filing with the National Labor Relations Board.

Nintendo Of America Workers Speak Up After Years Of Silence
▻https://kotaku.com/nintendo-america-switch-employee-treatment-unionize-nlr-1848828975

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A union-busting complaint recently filed with the National Labor Relations Board accused Nintendo of America and contract worker agency Aston Carter of surveillance, retaliation, and other unfair labor practices. According to four sources familiar with the incident, that complaint, first reported by Axios, comes after a part-time employee spoke about unions in a business meeting and was later fired mid-contract. In an unprecedented move, others are now speaking up about feeling disrespected and exploited at the notoriously secretive Mario maker.

Nintendo contractors say company unfairly exploits temporary workers
▻https://www.axios.com/2022/05/12/nintendo-contractors-investigation

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Driving the news: Current and former Nintendo contractors have been speaking up over the past three weeks, since Axios first reported a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board against Nintendo and a contracting firm.

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Activision Blizzard is making over a thousand QA contractors full-time employees
▻https://www.gamedeveloper.com/culture/activision-blizzard-is-making-over-a-thousand-qa-contractors-full-tim

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Activision Blizzard has announced that approximately 1,100 QA contractors are being converted to full-time roles, following a turbulent year that both saw contractors speaking out about poor working conditions at the company and a unionization push by QA workers at subsidiary studio Raven Software.

According to an Activision Blizzard spokesperson, both Activision Publishing and Blizzard Entertainment are at the heart of this push. All QA contractors in the United States will be converted to full-time status, and the minimum hourly rate for these roles will be increased to $20/hour.

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Microsoft says it will respect outcome of Activision Blizzard union drive - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/03/24/microsoft-activision-union-statement

Microsoft “will not stand in the way” if Activision Blizzard recognizes a union, said the company’s corporate vice president and general counsel, Lisa Tanzi, in a statement to The Washington Post on Thursday.

“Microsoft respects Activision Blizzard employees’ right to choose whether to be represented by a labor organization and we will honor those decisions,” Tanzi said.

In January, Microsoft announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard, the embattled video game publisher and developer, for nearly $69 billion in an all-cash deal. Fifteen workers at Raven Software, a studio owned by Activision Blizzard, signed a letter Wednesday calling for Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to encourage Activision Blizzard to voluntarily recognize their union, the Game Workers Alliance. Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith was copied on the letter.

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