Call of Duty QA workers form landmark game industry union

pcgamer.com:

Raven Software QA workers, who have been on strike since early December, are unionizing. Supported by the Communications Workers of America and the ABK Workers Alliance, the employees have announced plans to launch the Game Workers Alliance, «a movement formed and maintained by game industry employees across multiple disciplines, primarily stemming from the labor rights strike by Raven Software QA employees.»

«We, of Raven Quality Assurance, are reaching out today to announce the formation of our Union, the Game Workers Alliance, and request official voluntary recognition to join CODE-CWA/Communications Workers of America,» the union said in a message to Activision Blizzard management, posted at gameworkersalliance.com. «With leadership's constant reiteration of investment in the best interests of the employee-base, we offer the opportunity to demonstrate this now by willingly acknowledging the Union composed of those same workers.

»With a Super-Majority of Raven Quality Assurance invested in our organizing efforts, we have found it to be in our own best interests to push forward with unionization. It has become evident that equity will never be achieved without collective bargaining power. The company chose to release twelve integral employees while pointedly discarding critical advisement from Raven's departmental leadership."

We are proud to join CWA! https://t.co/ZoJH2qBHNq pic.twitter.com/hKGFhyhLusJanuary 21, 2022

The CWA issued a similar call for management recognition of the union.

«We ask that Activision Blizzard management respect Raven QA workers by voluntarily recognizing CWA's representation without hesitation,» Communications Workers of America secretary-treasurer Sara Steffens said in a statement sent to