{"id":451906,"date":"2022-05-23T23:02:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T20:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/activision-illegally-threatened-staff-nlrb-says\/"},"modified":"2022-05-23T23:02:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T20:02:18","slug":"activision-illegally-threatened-staff-nlrb-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/activision-illegally-threatened-staff-nlrb-says\/","title":{"rendered":"#Activision illegally threatened staff, NLRB says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a360d517a402\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a360d517a402\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/activision-illegally-threatened-staff-nlrb-says\/#%E2%80%9CActivision_illegally_threatened_staff_NLRB_says%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Activision illegally threatened staff, NLRB says&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CActivision_illegally_threatened_staff_NLRB_says%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Activision illegally threatened staff, NLRB says&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Video<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> publisher\u00a0Activision\u00a0Blizzard enforced a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> policy that conflicted with workers\u2019 rights and illegally threatened staff in the policy\u2019s enforcement, a government agency said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Unless\u00a0Activision\u00a0settles, the Los Angeles-based regional director of the National Labor Relations Board will issue a complaint, a spokesperson of the NLRB said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The NLRB had been looking into allegations brought to the agency last September by labor union Communications Workers of America.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday in Wisconsin, a small group of quality assurance\u00a0Activision\u00a0Blizzard workers voted 19-3 for joining the Communications Workers of America, according to the NLRB.<\/p>\n<p>The union has increasingly focused in recent years on organizing non-union workers in the tech and video game industries.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCall of Duty\u201d videogame maker said on Monday the allegations were false.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/bobby-kotick-activision.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"CEO Bobby Kotick\" class=\"wp-image-22377969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/bobby-kotick-activision.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/bobby-kotick-activision.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/bobby-kotick-activision.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>In recent months, Activision Blizzard workers have circulated a petition calling for the removal of Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese allegations are false. Employees may and do talk freely about these workplace issues without retaliation, and our social media policy expressly incorporates employees\u2019 NLRB rights,\u201d a company spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur social media policy explicitly says that it \u2018does not restrict employees from engaging in the communication of information protected by law, including for example, rights of employees in the United States protected by the National Labor Relations Act,&#8217;\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months,\u00a0Activision\u00a0Blizzard workers have banded together to try to influence the company\u2019s future, including staging a walkout and circulating a petition calling for the removal of Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick. 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