Call of Duty QA Workers Win First Union Contract With Microsoft After 3 Years

Ukwamukelwa Kwenkontileka Yokuqala Yamaqembu Omsebenzi e-Raven Software

Abasebenzi be-Quality Assurance (QA) abavela e-Raven Software, abanye babadali be-Call of Duty, bavume ngokusemthethweni ukuba nekhontrakthi yokuqala yeqembu lomsebenzi ngemva kokusebenza iminyaka emithathu behlangene ngenhloso yokuthola amalungelo afanele. Lesi sigaba sithatha isikhathi eside, kodwa manje sekukhona impumelelo enkulu empilweni yabo yobungcweti.

Okuqukethwe Kwenkontileka Entsha

Kwi-ikhophi yesitatimende, inhlangano yomsebenzi yabelana ngezici ezibalulekile zekhontrakthi entsha, okuhlanganisa ukunyuka kwemiholo okuqinisekisiwe kwamaphesenti ayi-10 phakathi neminyaka emibili, kanye nokwenziwa kwamanye amathemba ngokusebenza kahle, ukunyuka kwemiholo ngokuthola izikhundla, nemikhawulo eqinile emsebenzini owedlula isikhathi esivamile sokusebenza, ukuvimba ukwehliswa kwabasebenzi, kanye nokwandisa izindlela zokusekela abantu abanezinkinga zempilo.

Umbono Womsebenzi kanye Nezindlela Zokuzithiba

“Ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu yokuhlela nokuxoxisana, ukubona ukuthi konke sekuyimpumelelo enkulu kungikhuthaza kakhulu,” kusho u-Erin Hall, oyilungu lekomiti lokuxoxisana kanye nomhloli we-QA. “Kusukela ngosuku lokuqala, siqinisekise ukuthi wonke umuntu uzwakala, futhi inkontileka esiyitholile ikhombisa izidingo zethu—ukuhola kahle, amathuba okuthuthuka emsebenzini, nokuvikelwa ekudleni ngokweqile. Le nkontileka iyakhombisa ukuthi umsebenzi we-QA uyabaluleka, futhi ngiyazigqaja ngalokho esikwenzile. Ngiyethemba lokhu kuzobonisa abanye abasebenzi emhlabeni wobungcweti ukuthi ukuhlanganisa amandla kuyasebenza nokuthi kuyafaneleka.”

Indlela Yomzabalazo kanye Nezinyathelo Zokuqala

Ukuhlangana kweqembu le-QA le-Raven Software kube nohambo olude. Isizathu esikhulu sokuba laba basebenzi bahlanganyele kwaba yize yokwehliswa kwabasebenzi okwenzeka ngoDisemba 2021, ngesikhathi sokwenziwa kabusha kwesikhungo ngokuholwa yinkampani enkulu, i-Activision Blizzard. Ngemva kosuku olulandelayo, abasebenzi baphuma emsebenzini bemela ukwehliswa kwemisebenzi, bethola ukwesekwa kwabanye abasebenzi be-Activision Blizzard. I-Raven Software yaqhubeka nokuphikisa izinyanga eziningana, kuze kube sekupheleni kukaJanuwari lapho inkampani iphendula ngokushesha, yabe seyithengwa yi-Microsoft ngaphezu kwesonto elilodwa kamuva. Ekupheleni kwenyanga, abasebenzi be-QA be-Raven bamemezela ukuthi bazakha iqembu lomsebenzi elizobizwa nge-Activision Blizzard lokuqala, nakuba inkampani yehluleka ukulivuma ngokungakhethi. Kodwa, ngoMeyi olandelayo, iqembu le-QA laphumelela ukhetho lweqembu lomsebenzi.

Ukuphumelela Nokukhula Kwamanye Amaqembu

Kuze kube manje, amanye amaqembu angaphansi kwe-Microsoft Xbox asephumelele ukufinyelela izivumelwano zemisebenzi, kuhlanganise ne-Activision Blizzard kanye nezinye izinkampani ezifana ne-ZeniMax. NgoMeyi odlule, abasebenzi be-QA be-ZeniMax Media bafinyelela esivumelwaneni nomsebenzi, kuyilapho abanye basalindele izinqumo zokuhlela nokuxoxisana.

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