The Communications Workers of America union (CWA) has denounced Microsoft’s decision to lay off an additional 650 video game workers yesterday as “extremely disappointing”.
In a statement, the CWA said that as one of the world’s “largest and most profitable corporations”, Microsoft could have achieved its goals for “long-term success without destroying the livelihoods of 650 of our colleagues”.
Whilst the union acknowledges that organising does not “always protect against layoffs”, “collective bargaining does give workers a voice in the policies that affect them, including how layoffs are handled”.
