Videogame Studio Called 'Proletariat' Declines to Recognize Union

An anonymous reader shares a report from the Washington Post:Staff at Activision Blizzard-owned video game studio Proletariat - whose name is a term for the working class - announced their intention to form a union in December of last year. "Well, what'd you expect?" the Proletariat Workers Alliance wrote on Twitter at the time. Earlier this week, however, Proletariat leadership shared an update: Instead of voluntarily recognizing the union, it will conduct an anonymous vote through the National Labor Relations Board. Proletariat owner Activision Blizzard has been accused of employing union-busting tactics in its negotiations with two other subsidiaries that have voted to unionize, Raven Software and Blizzard Albany.

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