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The Dubuque Pioneers, an organization made up of active and retired Communications Workers of America Union members and other employees of area telephone companies, recently donated more than $500 worth

Microsoft is laying off about 1,900 employees in its gaming division, according to an internal company memo, just over three months since the tech giant

NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is laying off about 1,900 employees in its gaming division, according to an internal company memo, just over three months since the tech giant completed its $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard. The job cuts represent about an 8% reduction of Microsoft’s 22,000-person gaming workforce, the memo, […]

Those affected worked on teams for Activision Blizzard as well as Xbox and ZeniMax — which are also owned by Microsoft.

Blizzard in Irvine also is canceling a game codenamed Odyssey and parting ways with President Mike Ybarra and Chief Design Officer Allen Adham, the company’s co-founder.

NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is laying off about 1,900 employees in its gaming division, according to an internal company memo, just over three months since the tech giant completed its USD69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard. The job cuts represent about an eight per cent reduction of Microsoft’s 22,000-person gaming workforce, […]

Microsoft Corp has disclosed it will let go of 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox.

A group of Wells Fargo tellers and bankers in Virginia Beach want a union, citing low pay and staffing issues. Six workers at the Wells Fargo at 301 Little Neck Road recently filed for a union election in a petition to the National Labor Relations Board, organizers said in a Jan. 16 announcement. “I have been consistently asked to work more hours — come in early, stay longer — numerous times ...

"Your livelihood is not protected without a voice on the job."

Bank employees at a Virginia Beach Wells Fargo branch have filed for a union election, citing chronic understaffing and low pay.