The National Labor Relations Board has investigated and found that video game titan Activision Blizzard withheld raises from quality assurance testers at its subsidiary Raven Software, and that it attributed the withholding to the testers’ union activity.
Following the NLRB’s findings, Activision Blizzard and Raven Software quality assurance testers will continue negotiations around a collective bargaining agreement.
It added that the company withheld raises from the Raven workers and announced the withholding was due to the union activity.
Before the May election win, Activision Blizzard’s president and chief operating officer, Daniel Alegre, had tried to meet with union bargaining members in Wisconsin.
In April, quality assurance testers at Activision Blizzard outside of Raven were offered raises that bumped up their pay to $20 per hour.
Activision Blizzard is awaiting approval from international regulators of a deal to be acquired by Microsoft for nearly $69 billion.
The Xbox and Windows maker previously said in June it would respect the rights of Activision Blizzard workers to join a union. »