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Company that provided QA testing to Activision accused of unfair practices after 160 people laid off
The Communications Workers of America (CWA), one of America's largest unions, has filed Unfair Labour Practice charges against Lionbridge Technologies.
Watch on YouTube In addition, the CWA stated Lionbridge had offered workers a severance package which "required them to agree to overly broad confidentiality terms and to waive rights protected under the National Labor Relations Act". It noted that those in Mexico and Poland "continue to work", despite what Lionbridge told the Idaho team about the project coming to an end. This particular batch of layoffs reportedly happened "shortly after workers finalised a first collectively bargained contract with the company", with the CWA stating: "That unit also provided subcontracted labour to Microsoft."
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