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Workers at Bethesda parent company strike over remote work policies


The strike is scheduled to last for a single day.

In 2021, workers at Raven Software — a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard before its eventual acquisition by Microsoft — participated in a walkout that turned into a five-week strike after several employee contracts were not renewed. In July of this year, voice actors and motion performers covered under SAG-AFTRA’s interactive media agreement went on strike to protest worker protections regarding AI. While SAG-AFTRA and the video game companies that make up the interactive media agreement bargaining committee have returned to the negotiation table, the strike continues.

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