A high ranking executive at Activision Blizzard penned an open letter to the company’s employees that warned them of the “consequences” of joining a union.
Brian Bulatao, the chief administrative officer of the embattled publisher and former Under Secretary of State for Management in the Trump administration, wrote to employees last Friday (December 10) over plans to unionise. Several staff members have already joined the Communication Workers of America union.
“We ask only that you take time to consider the consequences of your signature on the binding legal document presented to you by CWA”, Bulatao wrote. “Once you sign that document, you will have signed over to CWA the exclusive right “to represent [you] for the purposes of collective bargaining concerning all terms and conditions of employment.” That means that your ability to negotiate all your own working conditions will be turned over to CWA, just as the document says.”
Bulatao’s letter was shared to Twitter by Jessica Gonzalez, a former employee of Activision Blizzard who resigned from the company – and games development as a whole – in November.
— Jessica Gonzalez 💙 #WeAreRaven (@BlizzJess) December 10, 2021
Although Bulatao emphasised, “I want to be clear about this: The leadership of Activision Blizzard supports your right, under the the [sic] National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), to make your own decision about whether or not to join a union”, the letter was called “union busting” by Gonzalez.
The letter from Bulatao came a day after Activision Blizzard workers moved to unionise and launched a strike fund to support employees taking action against the and publisher.
