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A New Union Effort Within Activision
A New Union Effort Within Activision
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Raven Software—an Activision subsidiary that works primarily on the hugely popular “Call of Duty” series—is the first business unit within the Santa Monica gaming giant to form a labor union. The move comes one month after independent developer Vodeo Games voluntarily recognized a union formed by its workers, making it the first certified labor union at a North American video game studio.
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- Congress approves a bill that would ban platforms from favoring their own services.
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Workers at Activision Blizzard subsidiary Raven Software have formed a new labor union and are seeking voluntary recognition by the Santa Monica-based video game publisher, just days after it announced plans to sell itself to Microsoft for nearly $70 billion.
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This is the first installment of Moves—a weekly feature highlighting job and career changes around the Los Angeles and Southern California tech ecosystem.