Labor Union Suggests $18M Activision Blizzard Settlement Akin To Pennies

Following news that Activision Blizzard plans to settle the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) complaint for just $18 million, workers at a labor union say it doesn’t do enough to curb “corporate bad actors.”

Today the Campaign to Organize Digital Employees, a project by the Communication Workers of America labor union, released a brief statement regarding Activision Blizzard’s proposed plans to settle the EEOC lawsuit, the existence of which was just revealed on Monday. In a tweet, the CODE-CWA called the payout “a slap in the face to workers [who have] dealt with toxic working conditions for [years].”

In a subsequent longer, more scathing response, CWA secretary-treasurer Sara Steffens said that not only is the $18 million settlement “mere pennies” to Activision Blizzard’s $72 billion net worth, the company still has yet to acknowledge how its actions have actively harmed its workers.

“Yesterday’s insufficient EEOC settlement made it clear that the thousands of Activision Blizzard workers who have suffered from years of toxic workplace misconduct on behalf of Activision Blizzard will not receive true justice,” Steffens wrote in the tweeted statement.

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