Activision Blizzard King Workers Alliance Clarifies Demands, Situation Around Current Strike

The A Better Activision Blizzard King (ABK) Workers Alliance Twitter account published a short thread to clarify the details around their current strike.

The thread went up in the evening of Thursday, Dec. 9, in response to feedback from some of the collective’s members. The account explained that it “would like to clarify the scope and demands of the ongoing strike occurring at Activision Blizzard.” Over the course of eight tweets, A Better ABK (@ABetterABK), explained the reason for and demands of the current ongoing strike. A strike fund was also attached at the very bottom of the thread.

A Better ABK Lists Reasons and Demands of Strike on Twitter

A Better ABK explained that workers were currently striking in response to the unexpected termination of staff members working on Raven Software’s Quality Assurance team on Dec. 3. According to the tweet, the terminations were meant to go into effect on Jan. 28, 2022, but some employees have had their contracts terminated early.

”Raven QA employees had been inaccurately told that they would have consistent work and were encouraged to relocate at their own expense with the promise of future raises and better conditions, only to have one third of their staff terminated without reason,” the account wrote, calling the action “unjust.”

In response, other members of the Raven QA team and several employees in other parts of Activision Blizzard have taken up the strike. There are two key demands of this strike:

• Reinstate these unjustly terminated employees.
• Hire all members of Raven QA, who frequently are kept on contract for years on end, as Full Time Employees.

A Better ABK reaffirmed that it still supports the original four demands made of ABK leadership when the outrage began. However, “the focus of this strike is solely our mistreated colleagues at Raven QA.”

In order to help offset the costs of the strike and protect the income of those who have decided to participate, a strike fund has been set up. Supporters are encouraged to donate if they’re able “so that all of our peers can stand in solidarity with us without financial hardship.”