Now begins the contract bargaining process.
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Workers at Blizzard’s Albany, New York offices — organized as GWA Albany, under the Communications Workers of America
CWA— have won their union vote, making them the publisher’s second union and the third overall union in the US video game industry.
Also, as in Raven’s case, Blizzard Albany’s unionization efforts were met with fierce opposition from its publishing parent. Throughout 2022, the CWA filed several unfair labor complaints against Activision Blizzard, accusing it of infringing on employees’ protected organizing rights and withholding raises from workers at Raven involved in unionization activity.
Earlier this year, QA workers at Raven Software, one of Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty support studios, organized and won the company’s first union.
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Now both parties have five days to file objections, and if none are filed, GWA Albany will start the bargaining process as it and Activision Blizzard attempt to form a contract.
Raven Software’s union has been involved in the contract process for over a year now.