As the CWA point out, the US National Labor Relations Board hasruled this practise to be unlawful.
The laid-off workers were told that their termination occurred because the project they were working on had ended.
Despite this, other teams in Mexico and Poland continue to work on the same project.
The CWA point out that Lionbridge has what they call a “documented union-busting track record.”
In 2016, Lionbridgelaid of all 16 of its unionised employees.
Posting on X, the CWA quoted former Lionbridge Test Associate Al Bussabarger.
“We do much the same work that union-represented Activision QA employees do,” reads the quote.
The Blizzard Albany workers, notably, faced pushback from Activision, which was shot downby the NLRB.
The CWA themselves filed anunfair labour charge against Activision Blizzardin October, 2022.
