Last month, it was reported that workers at Activision Blizzard support studio Proletariat had taken steps to forming its own union, working in conjunction with the Communication Workers of America (CWA) to establish the Proletariat Workers Alliance. However, it seems that leadership at both Activision Blizzard and Proletariat itself are refusing to recognize the group on a voluntarily basis.<\/p>
In a blog post signed by “The Proletariat Leadership Team<\/a>“, management states that rather than acknowledge the PWA, it instead wishes to hold a new, company-wide, anonymous vote, filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). This NLRB vote, writes leadership “allows employees to get all the information and various points of view. This is an important decision, everyone deserves some time to process it and to better understand its potential impacts.”<\/p> “Everyone deserves a vote.”<\/p> The CWA, however, is not buying it, candidly expressing its unhappiness<\/a> in a response posted to Twitter.<\/p> In response to @proletariat_inc leadership's blog in which it declined to voluntarily recognize the supermajority of @WeArePWA_CWA signed cards + force the union to a vote with the NLRB, Proletariat workers have released a statement: <\/p> \u201cEveryone deserves a union." 1\/<\/p> — CODE-CWA (@CODE_CWA) January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>