Blizzard union contract sets new standards on AI use and recall rights

Employees at Blizzard ratified a 1,900-employee contract that includes wage increases, a three-day hybrid workweek, remote work options, and disability accommodations, plus grievance procedures, and introduces bargaining over artificial intelligence use in the workplace; it also guarantees recall rights for laid-off workers for 14 months and adds four weeks of severance, marking a new industry standard ahead of BlizzCon amid ongoing Microsoft Xbox layoffs.