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Activision Calls Proposal to Interview At Least One Diverse Candidate Per Job “Unworkable”

today28 January 2021

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A new report has found that Activision Blizzard is resisting the adoption of a hiring practice that would require the company to interview at least one candidate who is a qualified woman or minority candidate. Activision Blizzard, via its attorneys have called this practice “unworkable.”

In a new report from VICE, the AFL-CIO, the largest labor federation in the United States, submitted a shareholder proposal to Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts (EA) requesting it adopt a…

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Written by: Matt T.M. Kim


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