As Activision Blizzard Faces Multiple Sexual Harassment Cases litigation and investigate, employee activists rallied to get a seat on the company’s board to represent the voice of employees. Despite the big wins, like the testers of Raven Software QA, a division of Activision, won the first union election At a major US gaming company, shareholders rejected an organizer’s request to give workers a voice on the board. Only 5% of shareholders voted in favor extend a board seat for staff.
The bad news for operations staff doesn’t stop there. In November, one Report of the Wall Street Journal found that top Activision Blizzard executives failed to notify the board of alleged rape at the company, and that a group of minority shareholders requested that board directors Brian Kelly and Robert Morgado retired at the end of 2021. Now, months after that deadline, they have re-elected to the board of directorsalong with controversial CEO Bobby Kotick.
However, shareholders approved a proposal from New York State Controller Thomas DiNapoli, asking the gaming giant to share information on employee compensation, total harassment settlements, and more. sexual harassment, the total number of pending complaints, and overall progress in improving company culture.
This proposal could hold Activision Blizzard to some extent accountable. But this is also a company board investigated it myself and found that it did nothing wrong, in addition to “a number of proven instances of gender harassment.” And yet, the report on toxic behavior, try destroy unions and unstable staff at Activision Blizzard is rampant.
As more and more tech workers achieve historic firsts in unionization – like unify Apple Store this week – the movement led by Raven Software QA testers may continue in Activision Blizzard. Microsoft, hypothetical buyer by Activision Blizzard, entered neutral agreement on labor last week with Media Workers USA, the organization that helped Raven Software workers unite. Under that agreement, Microsoft will not actively try to prevent employees from uniting together.
