In the process of acquiring Activision Blizzard, a dispute Microsoft faced was the QA Department of Raven software and its desire to establish a labor union. In the past, Microsoft did not support the establishment of trade unions, but today, Phil Spencer, the leader of Xbox, publicly stood up to support the upcoming trade unions**
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On Xbox At the internal plenary meeting of the company, Phil Spencer, the person in charge of the company, expressed support for the establishment of Raven Software QA trade union, and said that once the Activision Blizzard deal was concluded, Xbox would recognize it. Game media Kotaku confirmed this from the video of the Xbox remote plenary meeting.
Spencer said: "once the transaction is completed, we will definitely support the existing employee organization. We believe that this is the right of employees and can be part of the relationship between the company and the people working in the company.". Spencer made it clear that although FTC is currently investigating the acquisition, the Union will be recognized once the transaction is completed.
Previously, Microsoft said it would not oppose the unionization of Raven QA. A Microsoft spokesman told Axios that the company respects the right of Activision Blizzard employees to choose whether to be represented by the ILO. Although it sounds cool, Spencer also made it clear that Microsoft has no relationship with the American Federation of communication workers or the union of game workers.