Activision denies the accusation, saying that offering unionising staff a pay rise would contravene the National Labor Relations Act.
back in May this year, becoming the first union to form at a major North American game developer in the process. After initial hostility to the bid, Activision changed course, opting to recognise and negotiate with Raven staff instead.
An Activision spokesperson told the Post that it was precisely this vote that stopped the company from offering pay increases to involved employees. Activision said that,"Due to legal obligations [...] requiring employers not to grant wage increases while an election was pending," the company was unable to offer"new pay initiatives at Raven because they would be brand new kinds of compensation changes" of the kind prohibited in the run-up to a union vote.
In the longer term, Activision told the Post that it would be defending itself against the findings during the NLRB's litigation process and would, if necessary, defend itself in the appeals court too. This is all of course happening in the context of Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a deal worth athat is under intense regulatory scrutiny from various countries (apart from Saudi Arabia which, as part of its unwelcome push into games,
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