The California-based gaming company"threatened employees that they cannot talk about or communicate about wages, hours and working conditions" and also"engaged in surveillance" and"interrogation" of employees advocating for better working conditions, according to a complaint.
It's the latest development after months of scrutiny against Activision Blizzard by US government authorities as well as dissent from its own employees. Several former Activision Blizzard employees had already begun sharing their experiences on social media in the wake of the lawsuit, but the company's effort to downplay the suit's claims prompted more than 2,000 current and former workers to sign a petition slamming that response as"abhorrent and insulting."