Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The day after the game was released, Activision bought the rest of Infinity Ward, signing employees to long-term contracts. Infinity Ward went on to make Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, the Modern Warfare reboot ...
[41] [γ] The union signed its first collective agreement in 2018, negotiation wages annually since. [42] On November 24, 2021, 90% of the union membership voted to go on strike over long working hours and a 3.5% pay-raise offer that was rejected by the union membership, [39] instead demanding a 6.5% pay-raise. The strike authorization passed ...
ABK Workers Alliance accused the company of forcing out employees with this decision. [82] On March 8, 2024, 600 QA testers at 3 Activision studios in Austin, Eden Prairie, and El Segundo formed the union "Activision Quality Assurance United-CWA" and voted to unionize (390–8) in favor, making it the largest video game union in the United States.
Ex-Infinity Ward employees Jason West and Vince Zampella have settled their lawsuit with Activision. "All parties have reached a settlement in the dispute, the terms of which are strictly ...
At the same time, Zampella and fellow IW employee Jason West signed long-term employment contracts with Activision. [11] Under Zampella's and West's leadership, Infinity Ward released Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
The 774 city of Wichita employees represented by the service union can expect sizable pay raises in 2025 and 2026 under the contract approved by the City Council at a special Thursday-evening meeting.
Overall, the total award to the union will be about $2 million, which includes $1.046 million in damages and close to $1 million for back pay and overtime owed to workers covered by the contract.
They took several Infinity Ward employees with them to their new company, leaving Activision with about half the staff and a deadline of about 20 months (versus a typical 24 months) to complete the next game in the franchise, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Activision requested that Sledgehammer Games stop work on the third-person shooter and ...