Late last year, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, and the private equity firm Silver Lake made a $55 billion deal to purchase Electronic Arts and take the video game publisher private. Now, the Communication Workers of America’s United Video Games union has approached the US Federal Trade Commission to share its opposition to the deal.
According to Eurogamer, the UVG’s letter calls out EA for its plans to cut down on its staff by calling the cuts “a choice, not a necessity, made to pad investors’ pockets–not to strengthen the company.” Since EA is one of the biggest video game publishers in the world, the letter also notes that it’s not “a struggling company.”
The UVG asked the FTC members to “scrutinize this deal and ensure that any path forward protects jobs, and preserves creative freedom.”
