June 2 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp MSFT.O will not resist unionization efforts from its employees, its President Brad Smith said on Thursday, in a sign of growing receptiveness in the tech sector that has been for long unconcerned about organized labor.
Microsoft recognizes employees legal right to choose to form or join a union, although they “will never need to organize to have a dialogue” with leaders, Smith said in a blog post on Thursday.
Last month, a small group of workers in a division of “Call of Duty” videogame maker Activision Blizzard, which is being taken over by Microsoft, voted in favor of unionizing. Read full story Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O has been long opposed to unionization efforts by its warehouse employees and was last month accused of threatening staff over a union vote.
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