Highlighting an article? They wrote the article. CWA is promoting CWA. Don't talk to me about understanding US politics if you can't see what this is all about.
The Democrat Party is heavily pro labor union. Unions are who organize and get out the vote to get Democrats elected in states all across America. They're the best get-out-of-the-vote operation the Democrat Party has. The culinary union, for example, is how the most vulnerable Democratic US Senator in America, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, won her re-election to the US Senate. The current President is the most pro-union President in US History. The CWA taking this approach is framing the blocking of this deal as against America's workers, and against unions and would be a victory for corporations over the ability for workers to have greater protections.
Politics matters. The Republicans have just taken the house of representatives. There won't be many more "legislative" victories coming for this Administration over the next 2 years till the 2024 election. As such, here is this merger and this deal served up to them on a silver platter, that reinforces everything the current administration says they stand for, and all they have to do is not stand in the way of it. Whether you agree with the deal being approved or not, it's OBVIOUS what the politics of the current administration will dictate. The FTC is currently run by 3 political appointees of the current President of the United States, the last two to make up their Democrat majority of 3 votes, voted on by the Democrat-controlled US Senate, led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Reporting tells us that the alleged commissioner that has deadlocked any attempt to block the deal, and potentially assuring its approval, is a woman who worked for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
I've said over and over since the beginning, people vastly underestimated the political ramifications of this deal. The FTC isn't guaranteed to go how people see the CMA in UK or how the EU might go.
And the crazy part is people think that Sony's own selfish demands and interests outweigh the very real interests and what's best for the American worker. Sorry, Sony and Playstation aren't that important. Some don't like to admit it, but this deal is legitimately better for the workers at Activision Blizzard than the existing status quo, it's better for the games industry. It's a very important landmark outcome for labor unions and worker rights in America with one of America's most massive mega-corporations.
Remove the fact that Xbox and Microsoft will own Call of Duty or whatever from the equation, and this isn't just meaningless promotion of a Union or of any one company. The Microsoft and Activision deal is a legitimately good thing for the country. Antitrust enforcement at its core is designed to protect workers and especially consumers. Far too often the workers side of that equation has been ignored. Few deals represent as much immediate and real benefit to real workers and to consumers as this deal would while also empowering workers and unions with a binding legal agreement that takes effect 60 days after the deal's closing. That's set. Microsoft can't get out of it.
CWA ain't just promoting CWA. They're promoting Labor Unions and Workers' right to collective bargaining. The fact they've managed to secure a deal that is a massive victory for real workers and labor unions, not just the CWA. Are you of the impression that the only union that benefits from the deal is the CWA? This will benefit even workers who decide not to be part of the CWA, or who want to join other unions.
Think beyond console wars, this deal (shocking I know) is legitimately good for American workers.