Activision Blizzard's attitude toward employee unions remains unchanged. As we previously reported, Proletariat Games, the development studio for Shattered Spells, announced last month that it would form a union six months after it was acquired by Blizzard. A few days ago, according to studio employees, Activision Blizzard refused to recognize the studio's employee union.
In its announcement, signed by the studio's leadership team, Proletariat said the company has begun a formal vote with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and said many of its employees prefer to have their say on this through the Dream process.
"In addition to being the fairest option, this gives employees access to all information and perspectives," the announcement reads. This is an important decision, and everyone should have time to consider and understand its potential impact. ”
"Proletariat's leadership has always been and always will be supportive of its employees."
But a Twitter response from the union CWA denied the company's leadership, saying that both the company's leadership and Activision Blizzard executives refused to recognize the union.
"Our Proletariat leadership and Activision's top management rejected our request for a neutral discussion and forced us to pass NLRB elections, even though the vast majority of our negotiating unit signed the union card, which is not an act of support for employees."
"Their actions this week are the same as Activision's previous and many other companies' attempts to undermine unions."