Workers who keep the blockbuster video game Call of Duty bug-free may go on strike. A unit of nearly 600 quality assurance testers unionized two years ago, joining Communications Workers of America and is still without a first union contract.
They’re some of the 2,500 workers who have unionized at Activision-Blizzard, one of the largest video game studios in the world.
CWA says Activision has failed to bargain in good faith over key issues, including wage increases, guardrails on AI usage, the company’s usage of contractors, and workers’ rights to seek accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Bargaining has been under way since August 2024.
“Activision’s stalling at the bargaining table shows that they are not the high-road, union-neutral employer they once committed themselves to be and are instead aggressively fighting us in bad faith at the table,” said bargaining committee member Jenna Huffman in a press statement announcing the strike authorization. “Our members are tired of the stalling and are prepared to do what needs to be done to secure a fair contract, a fair wage, and fair working conditions for everyone.”
