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A group of roughly 600 software testers at Activision on Friday formed the U.S. video game industry’s largest union so far.
The union is the first to organize under a new labor agreement negotiated as part of Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision in October, the company’s largest takeover yet.
The agreement required Microsoft to remain neutral about employees who express interest in unionizing and provide adequate lines of communication and information for those workers to decide. That labor neutrality agreement took effect after the Microsoft-Activision deal closed in October following months of regulatory pushback.
“We maintained our commitment to remain neutral during the organizing campaign, and following this vote,” Microsoft lawyer Amy Pannoni said in a statement.
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The union is the first to organize under a new labor agreement negotiated as part of Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision in October, the company’s largest takeover yet.
The agreement required Microsoft to remain neutral about employees who express interest in unionizing and provide adequate lines of communication and information for those workers to decide. That labor neutrality agreement took effect after the Microsoft-Activision deal closed in October following months of regulatory pushback.
“We maintained our commitment to remain neutral during the organizing campaign, and following this vote,” Microsoft lawyer Amy Pannoni said in a statement.
New Activision QA union is the largest in the video game industry
The union is the first to organize under a new labor agreement, which took effect after Microsoft's acquisition of Activision.
