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Activision Fighting Unionization Efforts

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Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard is fighting unionization efforts, attempting to convince its employees to vote against an effort to unionize by its Q&A testers, according to Slack messages leaked from the company. Workers at Activision's Raven Software recently launched a plan to unionize.

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Activision Workers At Raven Seek Union Status

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Quality assurance (QA) testers for Santa Monica-based Activision are seeking to form a new union, called the Game Workers Alliance, according to reports, with the effort being driven by QA testers at Activision's Raven Software.

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Report: Activision Blizzard Planning Massive Layoffs

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Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard is planning a set of massive layoffs, which may affect hundreds of people, according to a report on Friday. According to Bloomberg, Activision Blizzard is planning to lay off hundreds of people as it restructures to boost its profitability.

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Activision Blizzard To Slash Almost 800 Employees

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Santa Monica-based game developer Activision Blizzard says it is slashing 8 percent of its staff, or nearly 800 employees, as a part of a restructuring effort at the company. The move comes even as Activions Blizzard reported record net revenues in 2018 of $7.50 bllion, up from the $7.02 billion it had in revenues for 2017.

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Greenfly Gets $8.4M For Influencer Marketing Software

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Los Angeles-based Greenfly, a developer of marketing software for brand ambassadors, athletes, and sponsors, said on Tuesday that it has raised $8.4M Department of Justice, the Federal Communications Commission and Activision Blizzard. in a strategic growth round.

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Activision Racks Up Over $500M In Opening Weekend For Call of Duty:WWII

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Santa Monica-based Activision reported today that it passed up more than $500M in sell through for the opening weekend of its new title, Call of Duty: WWII. Activision said it sold more than twice as many units in the opening weekend compared with last year's release. READ MORE>>.

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Activision: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Is Number One

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Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Publishing , the arm of Activision Blizzard which publishes Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare , says its title is the number one console video game in the U.S., Those revenues were not announced by Activision in the announcement.