Activision Blizzard to reorganize Raven QA workers amid union efforts
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Raven Software QA
the Communication Workers of America
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Raffel
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synergy,’
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Embedding QA
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Raven Software’s QA
Game Workers Alliance
the National Labor Relations Board
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Brian Raffel
Raven Software
Tom Smith
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Summary
It is also a milestone in our broader plan to integrate QA more into the development process as our teams strive to deliver best in class coordination in real-time, live service operations.Though an embedded QA model is reportedly consistent across other Activision Blizzard studios, CWA organizing director Tom Smith called the move “nothing more than a tactic to thwart Raven QA workers who are exercising their right to organize.” Smith is also urging the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to look into the Microsoft merger announced last week, which will move Activision Blizzard under Microsoft Gaming.“When Management uses meaningless buzzwords like ‘alignment, ‘synergy,’ and ‘reorganization,’ they are sending a message to workers: ‘we make all the decisions, we have all the power,’” he said.
As said here by Nicole Carpenter