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Activision Blizzard workers walk out, protesting loss of abortion rights - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/07/21/activision-blizzard-roe-walkout

Hundreds of Activision Blizzard employees are walking out Thursday in Texas, California, Minnesota and New York to protest the overturn of Roe v. Wade and demand protections. The current count, as of this writing, is 450 employees, in-person and online.

The demands include a request for all workers to have the right to work remotely, and for workers living in “locations passing discriminatory legislation,” such as antiabortion laws, to be offered relocation assistance to a different state or country. Employees are also demanding the company sign a labor-neutrality agreement to respect the rights of workers to join a union; on Twitter, the workers’ group A Better ABK said the demand was necessitated by union-busting efforts on the part of Activision Blizzard.

ABetterABK 💙 ABK Workers Alliance sur Twitter :
▻https://twitter.com/ABetterABK/status/1544717283087757312

In light of the recent attacks on the civil liberties of our employees, the employee-led Committee Against Sex and Gender Discrimination has scheduled a walk out action on July 21st, 2022 (1/17)

Manifestation chez Activision-Blizzard-King pour l’accès à certains droits.

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Putting Employee Health Front and Center
▻https://www.ea.com/en-gb/news/supporting-our-people

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As EA’s executive team, we want to reiterate our unwavering support for you, our employees. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade regarding abortion in the United States. We know this issue matters, generating a range of emotions for you and your loved ones, whether you’re based in the U.S. or abroad.

Your health and well-being are our top priority. We are working closely with our U.S. healthcare provider, Cigna, and will soon offer expanded travel health benefits, for eligible U.S. employees and their eligible dependents. Our aim is to provide the support and services that empower you and your eligible dependents to get the care needed to be the best, most authentic version of yourself at work and in other areas of your life.

Electronic Arts annonce travailler avec son assurance santé pour couvrir les frais de voyage en cas d’avortement sollicité par ses collaboratrices, alors que la Cour Suprême américaine délègue le droit à (ou l’interdiction de) l’avortement aux Etats, cessant ainsi la garantie légale d’accès à l’avortement aux Etats-Unis.

Avec plus ou moins de communication, d’autres studios et éditeurs américains (mais pas tous ?) semblent aller dans ce même sens :

▻https://seenthis.net/messages/965212

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Game studios publicly criticize Roe v. Wade ruling
▻https://www.axios.com/2022/06/24/game-studios-roe-overturn

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Several major game studios and the largest organization for international game developers explicitly or implicitly criticized today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling removing federal protections for abortion in America.

Alors que la Cour Suprême américaine a décidé que le droit à l’avortement n’était pas protégé par la constitution américaine, permettant aux Etats de l’interdire, plusieurs studios de jeux vidéo militent pour ce droit en le rendant plus aisé d’accès à leurs collaboratrices.

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Ubisoft responds to legislation targeting women and LGBTQ Americans
▻https://www.gamedeveloper.com/culture/ubisoft-responds-to-legislation-targeting-women-and-lgbtq-americans

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Ubisoft is promising support for employees, but has muted criticism for legislators.

Ubisoft has sent out a letter to employees acknowledging the dueling legislative trends of anti-abortion laws and anti-LGBTQ laws in the United States of America. In the letter (shared via a company blog post), chief people officer Anika Grant and vice president of global diversity and inclusion acknowledged the impact these laws may have employees, and promised support from the company for employees to “have access to the quality healthcare that you need.”

Ubisoft Support For Women And LGBTQ+ Communities
▻https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/7DjJ7wOmfs3sryPaL8dLCa/ubisoft-support-for-women-and-lgbtq-communities

Raashi and I are reaching out today because we’ve heard that some of you are deeply concerned by recent State legislation that affects the LGBTQ+ community and by the potential ramifications an upcoming US Supreme Court ruling could have on women as well as trans and non-binary people. We also heard that you wanted Ubisoft to be more active and vocal in our support of these groups.

On behalf of Yves and all of Ubisoft’s leadership team, we want to be clear: at Ubisoft, we believe that women’s rights are human rights, trans rights are human rights, and equal rights for all are essential to creating a world where everyone can be their authentic selves and thrive.

As always, our priority is the health, safety, and well-being of our teams. We are continuing to review our benefits packages for US employees to ensure you and your family will have access to the quality healthcare you need, regardless of where in the US you live. In addition, we are examining what other resources we can bring to bear to support our women and LGBTQ+ team members in the US who could be most directly affected.

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EA Reveals Why It Won’t Speak Out To Defend Abortion Rights
▻https://kotaku.com/ea-roe-v-wade-abortion-trans-rights-fifa-apex-legends-1848977494

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Electronic Arts won’t be joining some other big game studios in publicly supporting abortion and transgender rights, Kotaku has learned. Asked about it during a May 24 company-wide town hall meeting, the gaming publisher told staff it couldn’t take a stance on every public issue and that “being an inclusive company means being inclusive of all those points of view.”

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Sony, Insomniac follow Roe v. Wade cat email gaffe with donations - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/05/16/sony-insomniac-roe-v-wade-email-ratchet-clank-spider-man

Last week, PlayStation President Jim Ryan sent employees an email asking them to “respect differences of opinion” around abortion rights in light of the leaked Supreme Court opinion surrounding Roe v. Wade, stressing that “we owe it to each other and to PlayStation’s millions of users to respect differences of opinion among everyone in our internal and external communities,” and concluding the missive with several paragraphs about Ryan’s cats’ birthdays. Employees were not pleased with the lighthearted response, according to a Bloomberg report about the email.

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A Note About Today’s Wordle Game - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/crosswords/a-note-about-todays-wordle-game.html

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At New York Times Games, we take our role seriously as a place to entertain and escape, and we want Wordle to remain distinct from the news.

Today’s New York Times Wordle Answer is Fetus
▻https://gizmodo.com/new-york-times-apologizes-after-wordle-of-the-day-is-fe-1848898991

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Emotions are running high around the word “fetus” after last week’s news about the possible end to Roe V. Wade and women’s right to safe abortion.

F-E-T-U-S is also a five-letter word, so some people were more than a little surprised when it ended up as one of the answers to Monday’s Wordle.

NYT’s Wordle swap part of an ongoing gaming debate
▻https://www.axios.com/2022/05/09/wordle-new-york-times-political-games

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The New York Times’ decision to change Monday’s Wordle answer is part of a long-running debate about how politically charged games should be.

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