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Did Microsoft Just Approve All Unions? | The Things We Do for Activision (VL678)



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Activision Blizzard's year of news appearances is almost unbelievable, but perhaps none more so than the announcement that Microsoft and Xbox is purchasing them for just under $70 BILLION in cash.

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But with news of a newly unionized Raven and a deal still being reviewed by regulatory agencies across the globe, Microsoft has to say something, right?

If it's a labor, Microsoft wants you to believe its a labor of love...in Virtual Legality.

#Activision #Microsoft #Union

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:06 The Raven Union
06:34 NLRB Complaint
13:05 Microsoft Embraces Unions?
26:40 Conclusion

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Discussed in this episode:

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ARTICLES
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/05/23/activision-blizzard-union-raven/
https://www.polygon.com/22834924/vodeo-games-first-video-game-union-north-america-code-cwa
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-23/activision-illegally-threatened-staff-us-labor-officials-find
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2022/02/09/open-app-store-principles-activision-blizzard/
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2022/06/02/employee-organizing-engagement-labor-economy/

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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

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