Raven Software Management Sent Anti-Union Email Before Employee Vote

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Raven Software, one of the development teams in charge of producing Call of Duty content under Activision Blizzard umbrella, has had a rough couple of months. After it became clear that the company's quality assurance staff is getting treated extremely poorly by management, word of unionization came about, and the company subsequently entered a feud with its publisher on what the future holds for it.

Despite Activision Blizzard's best efforts, Raven Software's QA team is now in the midst of casting an unionization vote held by the National Labor Relations Board, which the company has been in touch with. According to the latest information from Raven staff, however, the management is still actively attempting to sow doubt about these efforts through continuous anti-union messaging.

Activision Blizzard Law Firm Claims Unions Exploit 'Lazy' and 'Whiner' Employees

After it became clear that Raven Software QA employees are officially unionizing, Activision Blizzard seems to have doubled down on its anti-union correspondence. Anonymous Raven developers have told Washington Post that the company management has been sending out messages that suggest unionized employees would be skipped over when it comes to benefits and promotions, telling them to «please vote no,» when casting their ballots.

Generally, the management at Raven Software seems to share this sentiment with its Activision Blizzard counterpart, where the VP of Activision recently posted anti-union messages on the company's official Slack channel. The unionizing QA staff described the management's attempt to muddy the waters as «disappointing and ineffective,» and claim to have voted affirmatively on the NLRB ballot, which is due to wrap up on May 20th with a live video