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ZeniMax QA union reaches a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft including 'substantial across-the-board wage increases,' worker protections, and more
Two months after voting to authorize a strike, the finish line is in sight.
Just two months after voting to authorize a strike action over stalled negotiations with Microsoft, ZeniMax Workers United-CWA has announced a tentative contract agreement that includes "substantial across-the-board wage increases" along with new minimum salaries for employees, protections against arbitrary dismissal, grievance procedures, and a new policy for game credits "that clearly acknowledges the QA workers' contributions to the videogames they help create." Microsoft, however, said "substantial progress" had been made over the course of the negotiations, adding that it had presented a "fair" proposal to the union that "if accepted it would result in immediate compensation increases, even more robust benefits and is in alignment to the company's hybrid model of three days in office." This isn't the end of the process: "Contract explanation meetings" for the union's more than 300 members will take place over the next few weeks, and a ratification vote is expected to be concluded by June 20.
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