The Communications Workers Union of America (CWA) is unhappy with the peace agreement between Activision Blizzard and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Yesterday, the union filed a complaint against the commission.
On October 12, it became known that Judge Dale S. Fischer rejected the complaint of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) to the EEOC.
This did not please the CWA, which had previously filed a lawsuit jointly with Activision Blizzard employees: they accused the company of suppressing trade unions, intimidation and using unacceptable labor practices.
Now CWA has filed a complaint about the terms of the agreement between EEOC and Activision Blizzard. The organization announced its readiness to go to court as soon as it learned the details of the contract:
“$18 million is like a slap in the face to employees (…) – they have been working in toxic conditions for years,” the official Twitter of the trade union says.
The CWA letter consists of 31 paragraphs and it contains the following:
- the trade union demands a fair hearing, where all criticism of the peace agreement can be voiced;when the coordination between EEOC and Activision Blizzard took place, no one consulted with the company’s employees;
- no one notified the employees about the terms of the agreement and did not provide at least some documentation;
- too little money was allocated for employee compensation;
- criticism of the EEOC commission, which does not require punishment for the management of Activision Blizzard, despite the abuse of official authority;
Recall that most recently, DFEH opposed the peace agreement between Activision Blizzard and EEOC.
The department was also not satisfied with the amount of compensation to employees. He also saw procedural violations that could “harm the judicial process.”
The EEOC, in turn, accused DFEH of violating professional ethics and offered to divide the areas of investigation.
The conflict that broke out around harassment and discrimination in Activision Blizzard has not subsided since July. Since then, many of the company’s leading employees have left, including Blizzard President Jay Allen Brack, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a separate investigation.