The call comes after explosive new allegations against the Activision Blizzard CEO.
Following the bombshell news that alleged Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick was aware of widespread sexual harassment at the company and threatened to kill an assistant in 2006, the ABK Workers Alliance has made a formal request for Kotick's dismissal and an employee call. walking today.
“We created our own Zero Tolerance Policy,” ABetterABK tweeted. “We will not remain silent until Bobby Kotick is replaced as CEO and will continue to pursue our original request for third-party review by an employee-selected source. We are holding a strike today. We welcome you to join us.”
The ABK Workers Alliance was formed after a lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing with Activision Blizzard alleging "multiple complaints about unlawful harassment, discrimination, and retaliation" at the company. Last month, Activision made a number of commitments in response to the group's demands, including an end to mandatory arbitration in employee contracts, better pay transparency, and new policies aimed at improving diversity and representation across the company.
ABetterABK hailed the action as a “big win” for employees, and a similar employee group at Ubisoft used the relative speed of Activision's response to highlight Ubisoft's relatively glacial pace of change. Attitudes have sharpened considerably in the wake of these latest allegations, but for now Kotick doesn't seem ready to throw in the towel: in response to the Wall Street Journal report, Kotick called it "false and misleading." bildiri He released a statement and said: Anyone who doubts his commitment to creating change at Activision “doesn't really appreciate how important this is to me.”