CWA alleges Activision illegally surveilled employees at a walkout in July:
that Activision surveilled an employees-only group chat at a protest for gender equality at the company in July, in which workers were discussing their pay and working conditions. According to the charge, the company subsequently threatened to shut down other methods of communication available to the employees, a move which is in line with the company’s recent history of suppressing workers’ rights to organize.
Activision has been mired in a number of disputes this year over its subsidiaries’ right to unionize. Afterin May, the company has outwardly told studios it will engage in good faith on unionization efforts, but has often failed to do so in practice, and has been accused of illegally violating employees’ collective action rights. Prosecutors at the US Labor Boardthat Activision threatened staff and ignored their collective action and organizing rights, an accusation which the company denied.
While this newest claim doesn’t radically change Activision’s position, it does add to the many previous and ongoing investigations of the company’s treatment of workers. This CWA claim is the second this year, following a charge over the then-ongoing sexual harassment investigation at Activision, which the company prohibited employees from discussing. The association also
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