In an electronic mail to workers, Raven studio head Brian Raffel wrote that the corporate would host a city corridor someday subsequent week to focus on the NLRB’s determination and “next steps.”
In an announcement, Activision Blizzard mentioned it might evaluation additional authorized choices, together with a possible enchantment.
“While we respect the NLRB process, we are disappointed that a decision that could significantly impact the future of our entire studio will be made by fewer than 10 percent of our employees,” wrote Activision Blizzard spokesperson Rich George in an announcement to The Post. “We believe a direct relationship with team members is the best path to achieving individual and company goals.”
Employees at Raven primarily work on video games like “Call of Duty: Warzone” and mainline, annual launch Call of Duty titles. In December, Raven promoted most of its contract high quality assurance staff to full-time workers; within the course of, the corporate additionally laid off 12 contractors. In response, roughly 200 workers throughout Activision Blizzard joined a walkout in protest of the firings. In January, the remaining high quality assurance staff fashioned a union in response to the layoffs, and requested that administration acknowledge the union voluntarily.
The NLRB’s submitting, which features a complete rundown of the information of the case, notes that “QA testers are the lowest paid employees at the Employer [Raven].” Even the pay enhance to $18.50 that adopted the employees’ promotion to full-time workers “would put the vast majority of QA testers at $38,430 annually, which is well below any other position’s listed minimum salary range,” in accordance to the submitting.
This is a growing story.
Shannon Liao contributed to this report.