NLRB ruling gives green light to Raven Software union vote

In late January, that group of workers filed a petition with the NLRB for a union election after parent company Activision Blizzard missed a deadline set by the group to voluntarily recognize the nascent union, named the Game Workers Alliance. Activision Blizzard contested the filing, arguing that any union at the Wisconsin-based Raven would have to encompass all of the studio's approximately 230 employees -- a far broader swath of workers than just the quality assurance team. The NLRB's decision rejected that argument, finding that the set of quality assurance testers was an appropriate bargaining unit.