Activision Blizzard's year of news appearances is almost unbelievable, but perhaps none more so than the announcement that Microsoft and Xbox is purchasing them for just under $70 BILLION in cash.

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Microsoft may not have convinced anyone of its changing stance towards labor unions in blog form, but with a newly announced "Neutrality Agreement" between the tech giant and CWA, perhaps there really is a sea change coming...with Activision at its heart.

What makes a corporation turn neutral...in Virtual Legality?

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#Activision #Microsoft #Union

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction (Thanks, Opal Studded Dagger!)

01:34 Activision Recognizes Its Union

03:27 The Softer Side of Microsoft

04:57 Going Neutral

11:06 The Risks of Neutrality (Dana and NLRB)

20:55 Summarizing the Agreement

26:19 Conclusion

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Discussed in this episode:

HOEG LAW PLAYLIST

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy_vBs7Qt9-ROfumOtIrSdP8

PRESS RELEASES

https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activision-blizzard-recognize-and-begin-negotiations-cwa

https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/cwa-microsoft-announce-labor-neutrality-agreement

ARTICLES

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2022/06/02/employee-organizing-engagement-labor-economy/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/06/13/microsoft-union-activision-blizzard-cwa/

LAW AND LEGAL ANALYSIS

https://www.kmm.com/articles-659.html

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/158

https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/faq/nlrb#:~:text=Which%20employees%20are%20protected%20under,supervisors%20(with%20limited%20exceptions).

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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

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