Blizzard studio cans plans to unionise due to 'confrontational tactics' by management
Staff at Activision Blizzard studio Proletariat have dropped plans to form a union following alleged"confrontational tactics" by its CEO.
Last month, a group of 57 staff members announced plans to form the Proletariat Workers Alliance, a union seeking flexible time off, remote work as a permanent option, better communication over pay and assurances overtime would never be mandatory.The move followed pushes from QA staff at two other Activision Blizzard studios looking to unionise, including Call of Duty outfit Raven Software and Blizzard Albany, formerly Vicarious Visions, which now works on Diablo.
"Unfortunately, Proletariat CEO Seth Sivak chose to follow Activision Blizzard's lead and responded to the workers' desire to form a union with confrontational tactics," the Communication Workers of America union said in a statement ."Like many founders, he took the workers' concerns as a personal attack and held a series of meetings that demoralised and disempowered the group, making a free and fair election impossible.
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