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Quality assurance workers at Blizzard's Albany and Austin studios have ratified a union contract with Microsoft after nearly three years of bargaining. The agreement covers 60 workers and includes pay raises, AI protections, and restrictions on mandatory overtime. This marks the third such union deal at Microsoft's gaming divisions.

02. helmikuuta 2026 Raportoinut AI

France's employers' group Medef is defending its ideas to combat youth unemployment, despite union backlash. The proposal for a special open-ended contract for under-30s has sparked controversy, drawing comparisons to the 2006 CPE. The government says the idea is not on the agenda.

The unions CSIF, UGT, CSIT-UP, CCOO, and CITAM have condemned a brutal attack on two Samur-Protección Civil workers in Madrid's Usera district during New Year's Eve. The paramedics suffered serious injuries while attending to a drunken young woman, and the Municipal Police detained one of the attackers. The unions attribute the incident to a lack of resources and security in the service.

26. joulukuuta 2025 Raportoinut AI

In the latest pushback against President Javier Milei's labor reform—following CGT's December backlash and Plaza de Mayo march—union leaders met Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof to voice concerns over job losses from economic adjustment and criticize the bill as regressive. The national government dismissed the meeting's significance.