Proletariat has stopped its union push for now.
The Communications Workers of America has dropped its request for a union vote at Activision Blizzard's Proletariat studio after accusing CEO Seth Sivak of"making a free and fair election impossible". In a statement released yesterday, the CWA accused Sivak of responding to the union push with"confrontational tactics" that"demoralized and disempowered the group," so the vote won't go ahead at all.
Both Yost and the CWA negatively compared Proletariat to Microsoft Zenimax, asking why it was not possible for the Activision Blizzard-owned studio to"remain neutral, as Microsoft did at Zenimax" and allow"a free and fair process, without intimidation or manipulation by the employer". The spokesperson also said that the CWA's claims about Sivak were"totally false," and that the CEO was"responding to concerns from employees who felt pressured or intimidated by CWA and wanted more information about what joining a union could mean". The spokesperson claimed Sivak only acted to defend the right of employees to a private vote, so they"couldn't be targeted for their perspectives – like [Sivak] himself is being targeted by the CWA right now".
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