cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/9505319
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
On one hand, great to see workers defending their rights. On the other, in an ideal world they would stop working for a company as crooked as Blizzard, but realistically they’re not ready to survive going indie in this economy
