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CUPERTINO (dpa-AFX) - Tech giant Apple Inc. (AAPL) is reportedly discouraging its retail employees from joining unions.In a leaked video sent to employees this week, Deirdre O'Brien, Apple's head

National Labor Relations Board determines publisher also restricted workers rights with social media policy

Video game workers at a division of game publisher Activision Blizzard have voted to unionize, creating the first labor union at a large U.S. video game company

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Today, Quality Assurance workers at Activision’s Raven Software video game studio won their union election and will be represented by the Communications Workers of America.

A subset of staff at the massive video game company Activision Blizzard voted to join the Communication Workers of America. The vote comes as Activision Blizzard is being purchased by Microsoft.

Investors weighed mixed economic reports and company earnings.

The win comes amid a surge in labor activity by workers in the tech sector.

Raven Software employees voted in favor of joining the union, formally creating the Alliance of Game Workers, now the first triple-A video game developer union in the United States.

Quality control workers at a studio owned by Activision Blizzard voted Monday to form a union in the first such win at a major US video game company.