The Communication Workers of America (CWA) have criticized the statements of the former CEO of Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick, that the numerous harassment reports that allegedly took place when it was aimed at the company were “false.”
“Bobby Kotick’s comments on an edifying billionaire podcast are insulting for Activision workers who talked about the harassment they faced and not surprising,” a CWA spokesman told RPS in a statement sent by email. “Fortunately for workers, Kotick is gone and thousands of workers have organized unions with CWA without intimidation or interference and now have a voice at work.”
In a broad interview in the Grit Podcast, Kotick also said that the request required by his resignation signed by 1300 employees was “false” E CWA, Insimated, he started the complaints after “” began to look at the technology “and” lost members in a really dramatic rate. “
In July 2021, the Department of Employment and Housing of the California Fair filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, accusing the company to promote a culture of harassment and discrimination against women. Then, in November of the same year, the Wall Street Journal published a report that alleged that Kotick knew of inappropriate sexual behavior in Activision Blizzard for years.
In May 2023, Kotick blamed the image problems of the company not to a toxic culture in the workplace that generated numerous demands for gender discrimination of former employees and state and federal agencies equally, but “external forces” and Unionization supporters. In December, Kotick announced that he would resign after 30 years.
“Bobby Kotick’s claims presents in the podcast about the ‘false demands’ are false,” said a CWA spokesman for RPS in a statement sent by email.
“In 2021, Activision agreed to an agreement of $ 18 million with the EEOC after a lawsuit that Activision had sexually harassed and discriminated against its workforce. Bobby Kotick himself apologized in his own press release for inappropriate conduct which happened under its surveillance.
“Together with the money of the agreement, Activision also agreed to provide training against harassment and anti-discrimination, expand the mental health advice services to their workers and provide a specific relief of victims, as described in the liberation of the EOC el 3 de marzo de 2022”, The the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE DECLARATION AGREGADA.
“Subsequently, in 2023, Activision reached a $ 54 million agreement with the California Civil Rights Department (which was previously known as the Department of Employment and Fair Housing of the State of California, such as Kotick References in the Podcast) by Discriminate women in the workplace and for salary inequalities. “
“Trauma, discrimination and abuse that our co -workers and former co -workers endured is not false or a ‘plan to boost union membership’,” Abetterabk added.
“Our unions were born in the very real and harmful way that executives reacted when they realized these situations.
“The executives of our company did not protect us, they often worsened the situation or directly perpetuated the damage. That is why we decided to defend ourselves and improve our company, a place where we really live in our central values and looked at each other.
“A common erroneous information tactic used by companies during a trade union campaign is to affirm that a union is a third party that enters and makes changes. This is not true. Workers are the union,” the statement concluded.
“We are not a third party that seeks companies to take advantage of. We are workers with a personal interest in making our company the best thing that can be.”
