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Workers at Raven Software are ending their strike action after announcing plans to form the first labor union within a North American game developer. The ABetterABK said on Saturday that the strike had ended because of the recognition of the union. Strike funds are being stored for future organizing.
The strike has ended pending the recognition of our union. Strike funds are being kept for future organizing.
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We'll post any updates here. Thank you to the community for their support during the strike.
The ABK Workers Alliance posted on January 23, 2022.
The strike began in December when 60 employees and contractors with the quality assurance department walked off the job to protest the studio's decision to lay off 12 of their co-workers. bugs and other technical issues in Warzone are the responsibility of the QA team at Raven, which is one of the developers that supports the Call of Duty franchise. It was the first time that a planned end date had been absent from the action. The publisher refused to meet with the striking workers despite mounting pressure from the community.
On Friday, the 34 workers who said they plan to unionize with the Communication Workers of America asked the company to recognize their group, the Game Workers Alliance. The workers have until January 25th to hear from the company. The company said on Friday that it is carefully reviewing the request for voluntary recognition from the CWA, which seeks to organize around three dozen of the company's nearly 10,000 employees.
The company will file for a union election if it doesn't respond to the group. The collective has a supermajority of votes, with 78 percent of the unit supporting the action, so they can form a union.
Microsoft announced its intent to buy the company, just a week after news of the union drive at Raven. The company expects the deal to close in June of 2023, which could have far-reaching ramifications for the gaming industry.
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