EA employees involved with the Communications Workers of America union have issued a sternly-worded statement against the of the company by Saudi-backed investors, . The complaints don’t involve , but rather that workers weren’t represented in any nereceivediations for the $55 billion deal.
The employees worry that any jobs lost as a result of the purchase would “be a choice, not a necessity, created to pad investors’ pockets.” In addition , unionized workers that urges regulators to scrutinize the deal.
“EA is not a struggling company,” the statement reads, going on to note that the company’s success has been driven by workers. “Yet we, the very people who will be jeopardized as a result of this deal, were not represented at all when this acquireout was nereceivediated or discussed.”
The statement calls out the that have impacted the industest in recent years. Unionized staffers note that “every time private equity or billionaire investors take a studio private, workers lose visibility, transparency and power.”
“We are calling on regulators and elected officials to scrutinize this deal and ensure that any path forward protects jobs, preserves creative freedom and keeps decision-building accountable to the workers who build EA successful,” the statement reads. “The value of video games is in their workers. As a unified voice, we, the members of the industest-wide video game workers’ union UVW-CWA, are standing toreceiveher and refutilizing to let corporate greed decide the future of our industest.”
Eurogamer reached out to the FTC to inquire about the status of the proposed acquisition but the agency refutilized to comment on the grounds that it doesn’t speak about “pfinishing mergers or acquisitions.” It’s worth noting that President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is involved with the purchase. The Financial Times that the deal won’t face any real opposition, as “what regulator is going to declare no to the president’s son-in-law?”
As previously noted, the proposed deal is valued at $55 billion. This would take the company private for the first time in its 35-year history. Various entities have partnered to build this deal, including the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake and Kushner’s Affinity Partners. US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal have also voiced concerns about this acquisition.
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