Microsoft, which subcontracts the quality assurance provider, has a standing labor neutrality agreement with the Communications Workers of America.

The Lionbridge layoffs come during a huge wave of layoffs across the video game industry, during which around 6,400 workers lost their jobs in 2023 and 2024, including 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees in January.

The unfair labor practice charge filed Monday also alleges that Lionbridge offered workers severance agreements with terms that are illegal under the National Labor Relations Act. The press release said that these agreements included requirements “to agree to overly broad confidentiality terms,” which the National Labor Relations Board ruled unlawful last year.

“We do much the same work that union-represented Activision QA employees do, and Microsoft should make sure that everyone working on its games is treated with respect in line with its labor principles, including employees of contractors,” Bussabarger said in a statement.

  • pelespiritOPMEnglish
    1·
    5 months ago

    Did they pull it? I’m not seeing it. Wild though.

    • m-p{3}@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Sorry, we had some issues related to Lemmy 0.19.4 about pinning and unpinning posts, and this one might have slipped through by mistake while trying to fix it.

      It should be fixed :)

      • pelespiritOPMEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Thanks, no worries. I wondered why there was an uptick in traffic, now I know.

        • pelespiritOPMEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          I think it did, someone said there was a bug with the new version that was pinning and unpinning posts. I bet that was fun to hunt down.