دانیال ترۆک بەشداربووە لە کۆمپانیای DualShockers کە تایبەتە بە یارییەکانی کۆمپیوتەر و لیستەکان و پێداچوونەوەکان. لە ساڵی ٢٠١٨ەوە بە شێوەیەکی پیشەیی دەنووسێت و لە ساڵی ٢٠٢٠ەوە یارییەکانی ڕووماڵ کردووە، کارەکانی پێشووی ڕێنمایی، هەواڵ، لیست و پێداچوونەوە لە چەندین بڵاوکراوەدا دەگرێتەوە.
پێش ئەوەی پەیوەندی بە DualShockers بکات، دانیال بەشداری لە ڕێنماییەکانی GamerJournalist و لیستەکانی TheGamer کردووە. لە ئێستادا بابەتەکانی تەکنەلۆژیای SlashGear و BGR دەگرێتەوە. خاوەنی بڕوانامەی بەکالۆریۆسە لە دەروونناسی لە کۆلێژی ماریست و ماستەر لە هونەرە جوانەکان لە نووسینی داهێنەرانە و پیشەیی لە زانکۆی ویلایەتی وێستەرن کۆنتێکتیکۆت.
In spite of the major releases and announcements that have punctuated 2026 so far, the overall attitude in the gaming sector, business-wise, is a bit more mixed. Costs are rising on both the production and consumer ends of the equation, and as the gains from the COVID-era gaming booms slide back to pre-2020 levels, layoffs have been mounting at an alarming rate in studios and publishers both large and small. It’s in this tumultuous period that unions have become very important for those working in the industry, and why the latest victory by Blizzard Workers Union is so heartening.
Today, the collective union units working under Blizzard, as well as its parent company Microsoft, successfully ratified a new contract after about two years of nonstop bargaining. This new contract will extend a myriad of era-necessitated protections to Blizzard’s workers, as well as strengthen the unions’ bargaining power by condensing the disparate units into several cohesive wholes.
Where previously all of Blizzard’s employees were loosely organized into an array of smaller unions based on their positions in the company, this new contract unites the unions into three specialized sectors: one for work on World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, and general QA, one for platform and tech development, localization, customer support, and story and franchise development, and one for work on Diablo and Overwatch.
These three groups have signed the contract into effect, which will last for approximately 4-5 years before needing to be renegotiated. As for what’s in the contract, it provides protections against some of the most pressing concerns in the industry today. First and foremost, it provides protection to the unions’ 1,900 members against sudden, unannounced layoffs. All layoffs must come with either 60 days’ notice or equivalent pay, 14 months of recall rights, and a guarantee of one week’s worth of severance pay for every six months a particular employee has been with the company.
Additionally, the contract stresses that, while AI-based tools may be useful in this field, their use could negatively impact the quality of employees’ work in currently unknown ways. To tamp down on this, any mandate of AI tools in the office must be put on hold until further bargaining can be conducted.
It provides protection to the unions’ 1,900 members against sudden, unannounced layoffs.
سەرچاوەی فەرمی بە زمانی ئینگلیزی: https://www.dualshockers.com/bizzard-workers-secure-one-of-gamings-biggest-union-wins/
