1,900 Blizzard Entertainment Workers Ratify Historic Video Game Mega-Contract with CWA
Communications Workers of America
Blizzard Entertainment Workers Ratify Historic Video Game Contracts with CWA
Blizzard Entertainment workers represented by CWA voted to ratify historic union contracts with the Microsoft-owned company, securing an unprecedented victory for the video game industry following the Labor Day holiday and just days ahead of BlizzCon.
guardrails around AI usage
reinforce several workplace benefits that set industry-wide standards for video game workers in the
wage increases,
grievance procedures
a three-day in-office hybrid workweek
“just cause” protections
remote work
disability accommodations
the contracts now require Blizzard to discuss, evaluate, and bargain over the usage of artificial intelligence in the workplace
give workers the right to be “recalled” into open positions across any Blizzard bargaining unit for 14 months from the date of their layoff announcement
an extra 4 weeks of severance for union workers regardless of their tenure
“disability accommodations”
Glad to see my industry slowly figuring out how to get out of the 1900s
Fuck ya