Raven Software, et af Activision Blizzards studier, forsøgte i lang tid at danne den amerikanske spilbranchens første fagforening, og alt tyder på at ledelsen kæmpede imod med alt hvad de havde. De brugte både propaganda, og nu er Activision Blizzard sågar blevet fundet skyldige i at tilbageholde lønstigninger.
Mere specifikt skriver The Washington Post at den amerikanske regerings National Labor Relations Board har fundet Activision Blizzard-ledelsen skyldig i at direkte tilbageholde lønstigninger til de ansatte der forsøgte at forme fagforeningen.
Indtil videre ønsker virksomheden at anke den dom, og siger at de ikke kunne tilbyde de her lønstigninger til de specifikke ansatte grundet "legal obligations".
"It's a very preliminary win for the union at this point. It gives them a little bit of leverage. It's part of their tactics, you know, hit them wherever they can, to put pressure on the company in order to reach an agreement with them and to stop violating the law," siger National Labor Relations Boards Wilma Liebman om afgørelsen.
"Due to legal obligations under the [National Labor Relations Act] requiring employers not to grant wage increases while an election was pending, we could not institute new pay initiatives at Raven," har en Activision Blizzard-talsperson fortalt Washington Post.