“We are acting in good faith and asking for good faith.”
Quality assurance workers at Raven Software are ending their strike. The group, which had been striking for several weeks, is ceasing their work stoppage following a vote to unionize last week.
Raven’s QA testers had been on strike inresponse to the sudden announcement of layoffs. The group announced last week that it hadheld a successful vote to unionizeunder the Communication Workers of America (CWA) as the Game Workers Alliance (GWA).
Pending the recognition of our union, the Raven QA strike has ended. Unused strike funds are being stored for future organizing/strike efforts.
We’ll post or retweet any GWU updates here. Appreciate all the community support throughout the strike!
— ABetterABK 💙 ABK Workers Alliance (@ABetterABK)July 29, 2025
The workers are now calling on Activision Blizzard to voluntarily recognize their union. Through theABK Workers Alliance, they made a statement about ending the strike: “We are acting in good faith and asking for good faith.”
Please no not misquote here media: we have asked to be recognized under GWA, pending refers to pending response from leadership. Either positive or negative. We are acting in good faith and asking for good faith.https://t.co/H8dOjsaXjO
Resources fromthe strike fundwill be used for future organizing efforts. Following last Friday’s announcement, anActivision Blizzard spokesperson saidthat the company is “carefully reviewing the request for voluntary recognition from the CWA.”
Microsoftrecently announced its intent to purchase Activision Blizzardfor a landmark $68.7 billion. The latter has been under scrutiny as reports have come out about its internal workplace culture, in the wake ofa lawsuit from the California DFEH. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick iscurrently set to stay onuntil the ink dries on the Microsoft deal, though aWall Street Journal reportindicates that Kotick is “expected” to leave the company once the deal is done.
“The news of Activision’s acquisition by Microsoft is surprising, but does not change the goals of the ABK Worker’s Alliance,” the workers groupsaid in response to the acquisition. “We remain committed to fighting for workplace improvements and the rights of our employees regardless of who is financially in control of the company.”
You can find a timeline of eventssurrounding the Activision Blizzard lawsuit and ensuing fallout here.
