After Xbox's Massive Job Cuts, 1,900 Blizzard Employees Have Won a "Historic" Contract Securing Protections Around Gen-AI and Mass Layoffs

After Xbox's massive job cuts, 1,900 Blizzard employees have won a "historic" contract securing protections around gen-AI and mass layoffs

Around 1,900 unionised workers at Blizzard Entertainment have voted to ratify their first contract with the World of Warcraft publisher after years of negotiations. The union contract means Blizzard now has to bargain with staff over the use of generative-AI in game development, and workers also have better protection against any potential layoffs.

Blizzard Workers Ratify Union Contract With Microsoft

Blizzard's many disparate unions are also being condensed into three groups for ease of future bargaining

CHOCHILINO 1,900 Blizzard Developers Just Won A Union Contract Full Of Protections For AI, Layoffs, And More %

Nearly 1900 Blizzard Entertainment workers have just voted to ratify their first union contract with parent company Microsoft after over two years of bargaining, gaining new protections on issues such as generative AI, crediting, remote work, and layoffs while simultaneously consolidating Blizzard’s many smaller unions into three larger bargaining units. The contract designates three bargaining …

"The start of something greater": hundreds of unionised Blizzard workers vote through contract that gives them a say over genAI usage and protection against layoffs

Unionised Blizzard workers have voted to ratify a new contract with their employer that will "require" Blizzard to negotiate with workers over any usage of generative AI tools in their workplace, in addition to giving laid-off workers the right to be "recalled" into open positions across Blizzard for 14 months after the date of their layoff announcement.

"It's a new day at Blizzard": Union wins historic contract protecting 1,900 World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and more workers as Microsoft plans another 1,600 layoffs

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Nearly two thousand Blizzard developers secure a union contract that includes AI safeguards and layoff protection

It’s a momentous day for the developers of Blizzard’s games, as 1,900 unionized members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have secured a new contract that is being lauded as a new industry standard. The contract secures a multitude of benefits including wage increases, a three-day hybrid work week, remote working and disability accommodations, and […]