{"id":602884,"date":"2026-03-21T06:25:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-successfully-vote-to-unionise"},"modified":"2026-03-21T06:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:25:50","slug":"qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/","title":{"rendered":"QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nA group of 28 QA testers at Activision Blizzard&#8217;s Wisconsin-based Raven Software studio have, despite the publisher&#8217;s ongoing anti-unionisation efforts, won their vote to unionise.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nQuality Assurance testers at Raven Software <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzards-raven-software-announce-intent-to-unionise\">formally announced their intent to unionise<\/a> under the name <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeAreGWA\">Game Workers Alliance<\/a> in January &#8211; amid then-ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/activision-blizzard-workers-launch-bid-for-unionisation\">strike action<\/a> following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/activision-lays-off-a-third-of-raven-softwares-qa-team\">firing<\/a> of 12 members of the developer&#8217;s QA team &#8211; but when Activision Blizzard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/raven-software-union-bid-pushes-on-despite-activision-blizzard-missing-deadline-to-respond\">missed a deadline<\/a> to voluntarily recognise the union, the group filed a petition with independent government agency the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to initiate a union election.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nActivision Blizzard contested the filing, but its arguments were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeAreGWA\/status\/1517655622258503680\">rejected<\/a> by NLRB, whereupon the publisher was reportedly began ramping up its anti-unionisation efforts.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-successfully-vote-to-unionise\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-successfully-vote-to-unionise\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 28 QA testers at Activision Blizzard&#8217;s Wisconsin-based Raven Software studio have, despite the publisher&#8217;s ongoing anti-unionisation efforts, won their vote to unionise. Quality Assurance testers at Raven Software formally announced their intent to unionise under the name Game Workers Alliance in January &#8211; amid then-ongoing strike action following the firing of 12 members of the developer&#8217;s QA team &#8211; but when Activision Blizzard missed a deadline to voluntarily recognise the union, the group filed a petition with independent government agency the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to initiate a union election. Activision Blizzard contested the filing, but its arguments were rejected by NLRB, whereupon the publisher was reportedly began ramping up its anti-unionisation efforts. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":602885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[5326,1202,1331,2543,21,59,44,45,1080,60,4616],"class_list":["post-602884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-call-of-duty-vanguard","tag-call-of-duty-warzone","tag-diablo-4","tag-hearthstone","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-pc","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-world-of-warcraft","tag-xbox-one","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A group of 28 QA testers at Activision Blizzard&#039;s Wisconsin-based Raven Software studio have, despite the publisher&#039;s ongoing anti-unionisation efforts,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A group of 28 QA testers at Activision Blizzard&#039;s Wisconsin-based Raven Software studio have, despite the publisher&#039;s ongoing anti-unionisation efforts,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-21T06:25:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-21T06:25:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":133,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"call-of-duty-vanguard\",\"call-of-duty-warzone\",\"diablo 4\",\"HearthStone\",\"Nintendo Switch\",\"PC\",\"PS4\",\"PS5\",\"World of Warcraft\",\"Xbox One\",\"Xbox Series X\\\/S\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Eurogamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/\",\"name\":\"QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-21T06:25:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"A group of 28 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Wisconsin-based Raven Software studio have, despite the publisher's ongoing anti-unionisation efforts,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise | Arcader News","description":"A group of 28 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Wisconsin-based Raven Software studio have, despite the publisher's ongoing anti-unionisation efforts,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise | Arcader News","og_description":"A group of 28 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Wisconsin-based Raven Software studio have, despite the publisher's ongoing anti-unionisation efforts,","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-03-21T06:25:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise","datePublished":"2026-03-21T06:25:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/"},"wordCount":133,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise.jpg","keywords":["call-of-duty-vanguard","call-of-duty-warzone","diablo 4","HearthStone","Nintendo Switch","PC","PS4","PS5","World of Warcraft","Xbox One","Xbox Series X\/S"],"articleSection":["Eurogamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/","name":"QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-21T06:25:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"A group of 28 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Wisconsin-based Raven Software studio have, despite the publisher's ongoing anti-unionisation efforts,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzard-studio-raven-software-win-vote-to-unionise\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"QA testers at Activision Blizzard studio Raven Software win vote to unionise"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1280717,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602884\/revisions\/1280717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}