The Communications Employees of America introduced it’s submitting a grievance with the Nationwide Labor Relations Board in opposition to an Activision contractor. The union alleges that the contractor, Lionbridge Applied sciences, laid off 160 staff in retaliation for an try to unionize.
Did an Activision contractor wrongfully lay off staff?
The corporate supplied QA testing for the Microsoft subsidiary Activision when it laid off the Boise, Idaho staff. Lionbridge justified this newest instance of gaming layoffs by telling staff that the venture was over. Nonetheless, work was nonetheless underway on the places of work in Mexico and Poland. In line with the CWA, Lionbridge terminated staff “in retaliation for staff partaking in protected organizing actions and guarded speech when elevating points relating to their working circumstances.” Doing so violates federal legislation.
Employees focused by this gaming layoff had been additionally allegedly supplied a severance package deal with unreasonably broad confidentiality phrases. The Activision contractor additionally requested the laid-off workers to waive their rights underneath the Nationwide Labor Relations Act, one thing that the NLRB dominated was unlawful. The CWA’s assertion additionally notes that that is the second time Lionbridge has engaged in union-busting whereas working with Microsoft.
“In 2022,” the union wrote, “Microsoft adopted rules for engagement with employee organizations, which acknowledged staff’ authorized rights to arrange and expressed a perception in ‘the significance of listening to our workers’ issues.’ This staff of subcontracted staff and all U.S. staff get pleasure from those self same rights and protections. CWA expects Microsoft to carry its contractors to the identical requirements the corporate has set for itself, as said in its rules.”
(through GameSpot)
