Activision Blizzard employees form first of its kind Game Workers Alliance Union
by Kari Paul from Technology | The Guardian on (#5V9HF)
The announcement, in an industry where unions are rare, came on the heels of Microsoft's acquisition of the company
Employees at Raven Software, a video game studio owned by Activision Blizzard, announced Friday they have formed a union - a milestone in a largely unorganized industry recently marred by labor complaints.
Several dozen employees of the Wisconsin studio, which is behind the massively popular Call of Duty series, voted in favor of the union. The news comes just days after Microsoft announced it would acquire Activision Blizzard for $70bn.
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