GamingCWA asks European Commission to approve Microsoft-Activision merger

Communications Workers of America president Chris Shelton has urged the European Commission to approve the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, saying it could positively influence the labour market.

Shelton's statement comes as Microsoft is attending a closed hearing with the European Commission in Brussels today. In a letter to the European Commission's executive vice president Margrethe Vestager, Shelton pointed to the several issues workers have encountered over the past couple of years, trying to unionise at Activision Blizzard.

"Since 2021, CWA has been supporting workers at Activision Blizzard to organise a union," the letter read. "They have faced management intransigence at every turn."

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