The Communications Workers of America said the blockbuster acquisition 'will transform the video game and technology labor market.'
Microsoft's $69-billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard could provide the growing labor movement among video game workers a boost because of a labor neutrality agreement the company entered last year. The agreement between the Communications Workers of America and Microsoft, which states that Microsoft will take a neutral approach when employees express interest in joining a union, kicks in at Activision Blizzard 60 days after the acquisition closes.
The widening labor conflict has particular resonance in California, home to more gaming industry companies than any other state, according to the Entertainment Software Assn. trade group. A State of the Game Industry survey released in January found that 53% of game developers are in favor of unionization. About one-fifth say they or their colleagues have actively discussed unionizing, according to the survey published by the Game Developers Conference and Game Developer, a trade publication.
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