Activision CEO insists "we did not have a systemic issue with harassment" despite years of employee allegations

gamesradar.com:

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has flatly denied allegations and reports at the heart of the company's years-long battle with harassment and discrimination, insisting that the company never had a "systemic" problem to begin with and that such complaints were co-opted by labor movements looking to "destabilize the company."

"We’ve had every possible form of investigation done," Kotick told Variety in a lengthy interview. "And we did not have a systemic issue with harassment – ever. We didn’t have any of what were mischaracterizations reported in the media. But what we did have was a very aggressive labor movement working hard to try and destabilize the company." 

In the same interview, the CEO claims that he is "not like other CEOs that are anti-union." 

"I’m the only Fortune 500 CEO who’s a member of a union," Kotick adds. "If we have employees who want a union to represent them, and they believe that that union is going to be able to provide them with opportunities and enhancements to their work experience, I’m all for it. I have a mother who was a teacher. I have no aversion to a union. What I do have an aversion to is a union that doesn’t play by the rules."

Variety clarifies that Kotick is referring to "outside forces" and labor activity with regards to Activision's so-called image problems, with the article folding in labor groups like the Game Workers Alliance, which is backed by Communication Workers of America and in May 2022 formed a union at Call of Duty Warzone developer Raven Software in a landmark vote for the AAA North American games industry. 

In a letter to staff that was made public after the Raven union vote over a year ago, Kotick said "we will meet CWA leaders at the bargaining table and work