ABetterABK - ABK Workers Alliance 💙
@abetterabk.bsky.social
The employees of Activision Blizzard King, working together for change. These posts are our opinions and do NOT reflect theirs. #ABetterABK #EndAbuseInGaming
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It's official: our members have overwhelmingly authorized a strike vote.
We are united and prepared to do what it takes to fight for our first contract. We're done playing around with Microsoft.
We are united and prepared to do what it takes to fight for our first contract. We're done playing around with Microsoft.
ZeniMax union votes to authorize a strike
ZeniMax union votes to authorize a strike
No actual strike yet, but one could come.
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April 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It's official: our members have overwhelmingly authorized a strike vote.
We are united and prepared to do what it takes to fight for our first contract. We're done playing around with Microsoft.
We are united and prepared to do what it takes to fight for our first contract. We're done playing around with Microsoft.
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Today, we are announcing the formation of United Videogame Workers-CWA, an industry-wide union formed by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
March 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today, we are announcing the formation of United Videogame Workers-CWA, an industry-wide union formed by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
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CWA and video game workers launch new industry-wide union anyone can join, even if they’ve been laid off
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March 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
CWA and video game workers launch new industry-wide union anyone can join, even if they’ve been laid off
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🏴 Programa especial: primera huelga en el sector del videojuego en el Estado, hablamos con las huelguistas de Ubisoft. Con la presencia de la @csvi-cgt.bsky.social y la periodista cultural Marta Trivi!
🔴 Jueves 13 a partir de las 10h en Youtube!
youtu.be/pButaKK9Q8M
🔴 Jueves 13 a partir de las 10h en Youtube!
youtu.be/pButaKK9Q8M
🏴 Programa especial: primera vaga al sector del videojoc a l'Estat, parlem amb les vaguistes d'Ubisoft. Amb la presència de la @csvi-cgt.bsky.social i la periodista cultural Marta Trivi!
🔴 Dijous 13 a partir de les 10h al nostre canal de Youtube!
🔴 Dijous 13 a partir de les 10h al nostre canal de Youtube!
🔴 CGT convoca la primera HUELGA en la industria del VIDEOJUEGO
CGT Ubisoft protagoniza la primera huelga en la industria del videojuego en el Estado español. En este directo conjunto con la Coordinadora Sindical del Vide...
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February 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🏴 Programa especial: primera huelga en el sector del videojuego en el Estado, hablamos con las huelguistas de Ubisoft. Con la presencia de la @csvi-cgt.bsky.social y la periodista cultural Marta Trivi!
🔴 Jueves 13 a partir de las 10h en Youtube!
youtu.be/pButaKK9Q8M
🔴 Jueves 13 a partir de las 10h en Youtube!
youtu.be/pButaKK9Q8M
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Solidarity with Blizzard workers in Spain who have formed a union!
Cuando luchamos, ganamos. Felicidades! 💪🎮
Cuando luchamos, ganamos. Felicidades! 💪🎮
¡Hoy anunciamos la formación de la Sección Sindical de Blizzard España!
¡Ante la indiferencia de la lógica empresarial, sindicalismo y unión entre obreras! ✊
#Blizzard #ABK #unionizing #gamedev
¡Ante la indiferencia de la lógica empresarial, sindicalismo y unión entre obreras! ✊
#Blizzard #ABK #unionizing #gamedev
February 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Solidarity with Blizzard workers in Spain who have formed a union!
Cuando luchamos, ganamos. Felicidades! 💪🎮
Cuando luchamos, ganamos. Felicidades! 💪🎮
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"The executives of our company did not protect us": Activision Blizzard workers hit back at claim harassment lawsuits were "fake"
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February 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"The executives of our company did not protect us": Activision Blizzard workers hit back at claim harassment lawsuits were "fake"
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Myself and my colleagues met with executive leadership of ABK multiple times to discuss the ways in which the current policies could be improved to create a safer and harassment-free workplace.
www.eurogamer.net/bobby-kotick...
The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
Bobby Kotick says Activision Blizzard harassment lawsuits were "fake" and simply a "plan" to drive up union membership
Ex-Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has described the legal action taken by multiple government agencies over alle…
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February 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Myself and my colleagues met with executive leadership of ABK multiple times to discuss the ways in which the current policies could be improved to create a safer and harassment-free workplace.
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Yeah because a coworker telling me, a Jew, to add gas chambers to my level was totally fake.
Because that same coworker constantly making comments about my skin and makeup and hair was fake.
Because the threats I received online were fake.
You're right, Bobby. Totally fake.
Because that same coworker constantly making comments about my skin and makeup and hair was fake.
Because the threats I received online were fake.
You're right, Bobby. Totally fake.
www.eurogamer.net/bobby-kotick...
The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
Bobby Kotick says Activision Blizzard harassment lawsuits were "fake" and simply a "plan" to drive up union membership
Ex-Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has described the legal action taken by multiple government agencies over alle…
www.eurogamer.net
February 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Yeah because a coworker telling me, a Jew, to add gas chambers to my level was totally fake.
Because that same coworker constantly making comments about my skin and makeup and hair was fake.
Because the threats I received online were fake.
You're right, Bobby. Totally fake.
Because that same coworker constantly making comments about my skin and makeup and hair was fake.
Because the threats I received online were fake.
You're right, Bobby. Totally fake.
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Yeah my 24k settlement check was soooo fake. Yaknow, from when the fucking State of California sued Blizzard. For funsies. For lols.
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The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
Bobby Kotick says Activision Blizzard harassment lawsuits were "fake" and simply a "plan" to drive up union membership
Ex-Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has described the legal action taken by multiple government agencies over alle…
www.eurogamer.net
February 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Yeah my 24k settlement check was soooo fake. Yaknow, from when the fucking State of California sued Blizzard. For funsies. For lols.
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Ok lets get into it then. Hi I'm Valentine, I was one of the employees who led most of the walkouts and who was part of the original group pushing for unionization at Blizzard, especially on the WoW team where I worked at the time.
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The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
Bobby Kotick says Activision Blizzard harassment lawsuits were "fake" and simply a "plan" to drive up union membership
Ex-Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has described the legal action taken by multiple government agencies over alle…
www.eurogamer.net
February 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Ok lets get into it then. Hi I'm Valentine, I was one of the employees who led most of the walkouts and who was part of the original group pushing for unionization at Blizzard, especially on the WoW team where I worked at the time.
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Her name was Kerri Moynihan. She was real woman whose life, and death, were real. Her loss to her loved ones is real. Their grief is real. Her passing's relationship to how she was treated at Blizzard was real.
Shame on you, Bobby. May you never have to lose a loved one in that way.
Her name was Kerri Moynihan. She was real woman whose life, and death, were real. Her loss to her loved ones is real. Their grief is real. Her passing's relationship to how she was treated at Blizzard was real.
Shame on you, Bobby. May you never have to lose a loved one in that way.
www.eurogamer.net/bobby-kotick...
The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
Bobby Kotick says Activision Blizzard harassment lawsuits were "fake" and simply a "plan" to drive up union membership
Ex-Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has described the legal action taken by multiple government agencies over alle…
www.eurogamer.net
February 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
CW: suicide
Her name was Kerri Moynihan. She was real woman whose life, and death, were real. Her loss to her loved ones is real. Their grief is real. Her passing's relationship to how she was treated at Blizzard was real.
Shame on you, Bobby. May you never have to lose a loved one in that way.
Her name was Kerri Moynihan. She was real woman whose life, and death, were real. Her loss to her loved ones is real. Their grief is real. Her passing's relationship to how she was treated at Blizzard was real.
Shame on you, Bobby. May you never have to lose a loved one in that way.
www.eurogamer.net/bobby-kotick...
The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
Bobby Kotick says Activision Blizzard harassment lawsuits were "fake" and simply a "plan" to drive up union membership
Ex-Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has described the legal action taken by multiple government agencies over alle…
www.eurogamer.net
February 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
www.eurogamer.net/bobby-kotick...
The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
The trauma, discrimination, and abuse that our coworkers and former coworkers endured is not fake or a "plan to drive union membership". Our unions were born from the very real and harmful way executives reacted when made aware of these situations.
Today, Monday February 10th 2025, CWA Local 7250 filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against Activision with the National Labor Relations Board in Minneapolis. The ULP is in regards to the unjust termination of Allen Junge, a QA tester and union leader who was unjustly terminated.
February 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Today, Monday February 10th 2025, CWA Local 7250 filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against Activision with the National Labor Relations Board in Minneapolis. The ULP is in regards to the unjust termination of Allen Junge, a QA tester and union leader who was unjustly terminated.
On December 9th Allen Junge, a union activist with the Communications Workers of America at Activision Quality Assurance in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota was unjustly terminated. Allen has been a core part of the wave of unionization across the video game industry.
December 28, 2024 at 1:18 AM
On December 9th Allen Junge, a union activist with the Communications Workers of America at Activision Quality Assurance in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota was unjustly terminated. Allen has been a core part of the wave of unionization across the video game industry.
Yesterday afternoon, AQAU-CWA members held a rally protesting Activision and Microsoft's refusal to allow work from home accommodations to employees who need it. Fox9 was onsite for news coverage and snagged an interview with one of our union stewards.
October 26, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Yesterday afternoon, AQAU-CWA members held a rally protesting Activision and Microsoft's refusal to allow work from home accommodations to employees who need it. Fox9 was onsite for news coverage and snagged an interview with one of our union stewards.
Yesterday, AQAU-CWA members held a rally in protest of the company's unequal policy that has unquestionably harmed disabled employees and employees in need of work from home accommodations. Read our statement below and join us in saying ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
October 26, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Yesterday, AQAU-CWA members held a rally in protest of the company's unequal policy that has unquestionably harmed disabled employees and employees in need of work from home accommodations. Read our statement below and join us in saying ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
On November 30th, Activision QA employees in Minneapolis, Austin, and El Segundo received an email announcing that hybrid work will be ended in January for QA employees.
Below is our statement regarding this decision.
Below is our statement regarding this decision.
December 18, 2023 at 6:11 PM
On November 30th, Activision QA employees in Minneapolis, Austin, and El Segundo received an email announcing that hybrid work will be ended in January for QA employees.
Below is our statement regarding this decision.
Below is our statement regarding this decision.
We are devastated for our colleagues at Bungie who have been laid off and our hearts go out to each of you.
Over 6k devs have been laid off from the industry this year, more than any other year in game dev history.
How do we fix this? By unionizing.
Over 6k devs have been laid off from the industry this year, more than any other year in game dev history.
How do we fix this? By unionizing.
October 30, 2023 at 11:48 PM
We are devastated for our colleagues at Bungie who have been laid off and our hearts go out to each of you.
Over 6k devs have been laid off from the industry this year, more than any other year in game dev history.
How do we fix this? By unionizing.
Over 6k devs have been laid off from the industry this year, more than any other year in game dev history.
How do we fix this? By unionizing.
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10k Activision/Blizzard workers just earned a path to collective bargaining, thanks to a merger w/ Microsoft which has a labor neutrality agreement with @commun
In 60 days, any interested Activision workers will be able to form a unit with @CWAUnion.
Worker power is growing!
In 60 days, any interested Activision workers will be able to form a unit with @CWAUnion.
Worker power is growing!
October 13, 2023 at 9:25 PM
10k Activision/Blizzard workers just earned a path to collective bargaining, thanks to a merger w/ Microsoft which has a labor neutrality agreement with @commun
In 60 days, any interested Activision workers will be able to form a unit with @CWAUnion.
Worker power is growing!
In 60 days, any interested Activision workers will be able to form a unit with @CWAUnion.
Worker power is growing!
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See UAW workers on the picket lines explain why they’re striking - The Washington Post
Why UAW workers say they are on strike
UAW Ford workers say they are striking because they are not making enough money to support their families or their futures.
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September 15, 2023 at 11:47 PM
See UAW workers on the picket lines explain why they’re striking - The Washington Post
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Former Tesla workers recently described their work conditions.
They talked about collapsing from dehydration, working on the factory floor up to 12 hours a day 7 days a week, sleeping on the floor, and throwing up.
There was even a sewage leak workers were told to work through.
They talked about collapsing from dehydration, working on the factory floor up to 12 hours a day 7 days a week, sleeping on the floor, and throwing up.
There was even a sewage leak workers were told to work through.
Listen to ex-Tesla workers describe Elon Musk's 'production hell' in their own words, from working t...
Former Tesla workers shared their harsh experiences during Elon Musk's stretches of "hardcore" production in The Verge's "Land of the Giants" podcast.
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August 17, 2023 at 2:13 PM
Former Tesla workers recently described their work conditions.
They talked about collapsing from dehydration, working on the factory floor up to 12 hours a day 7 days a week, sleeping on the floor, and throwing up.
There was even a sewage leak workers were told to work through.
They talked about collapsing from dehydration, working on the factory floor up to 12 hours a day 7 days a week, sleeping on the floor, and throwing up.
There was even a sewage leak workers were told to work through.