In this weekend’s news and commentary, the NLRB prepares to file a new complaint against video game publisher Activision Blizzard, and the Fifth Circuit rules that Elon Musk broke labor law in a 2018 tweet about organizing Tesla workers.

On March 31, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) spokeswoman said that video game publisher Activision Blizzard violated labor law by illegally surveilling employees during a walkout and threatening to shut down company chat channels during a union organizing campaign. Activision employees staged a walkout last year to express concerns about employee safety in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The Communication Workers of America (CWA) said that Activision used managers and security staff to keep tabs on workers during the walkout. CWA also said that the company threatened to close internal Slack channels where workers frequently discussed pay and working conditions. The NLRB’s investigation into unfair labor practice (ULP) charges filed by CWA against Activision found that the allegations were meritorious. The agency said that unless Activision settles, the agency will issue a complaint against the company.

The company is already facing another NLRB complaint from last year due to its issuance of a policy limiting workers’ discussion of working conditions on social media. CWA has also filed separate charges against Activision for the firing of two quality assurance (QA) testers allegedly due to their...

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