We’ve heard the painful stories of those willing to come forward, including one developer who visited the emergency room three times before taking off from work. Developers at Rockstar Games recently shared stories of crunch time that lasted for months and even years in order to satisfy outrageous demands from management, delivering a game that banked their bosses $725 million in its first three days.
This is a moment for change. It won’t come from CEOs. It won’t come from corporate boards. And, it won’t come from any one person.
Change will happen when you gain leverage by joining together in a strong union. And, it will happen when you use your collective voice to bargain for a fair share of the wealth you create every day.
No matter where you work, bosses will only offer fair treatment when you stand together and demand it. Fortunately, the groundwork is already being laid as grassroots groups like Game Workers Unite embrace the power of solidarity and prove that you don’t have to accept a broken, twisted status quo.
You have the power to demand a stake in your industry and a say in your economic future. What’s more, you have millions of brothers and sisters across the country standing with you.
Your fight is our fight, and we look forward to welcoming you into our union family. Whether we’re mainlining caffeine in Santa Monica, clearing tables in Chicago or mining coal in West Virginia, we deserve to collect nothing less than the full value of our work.
Jivaro wrote on Feb 16, 2019, 14:43:That's #1 on the list for informed news and information.
I know that stories that begin with "a buddy of mine" are always the most informed.
ledhead1969 wrote on Feb 16, 2019, 03:09:
My buddy used to be a union rep at a Chrysler plant. I asked him what he did all day and his answer was "I try to find out ways to rip the company off". Let's set aside people sleeping on the job and getting paid 150K a year to rivet cars...his job was to find out all the ways to rip the company off.
The plant closed down and thousands lost their job. I asked him if it was worth it. All the union BS if the end result would be all those people losing their livelihood. His answer was 'No'.
Only low intellect do-nothings think a union benefits them.
ledhead1969 wrote on Feb 16, 2019, 03:09:
My buddy used to be a union rep at a Chrysler plant. I asked him what he did all day and his answer was "I try to find out ways to rip the company off". Let's set aside people sleeping on the job and getting paid 150K a year to rivet cars...his job was to find out all the ways to rip the company off.
The plant closed down and thousands lost their job. I asked him if it was worth it. All the union BS if the end result would be all those people losing their livelihood. His answer was 'No'.
Only low intellect do-nothings think a union benefits them.
ledhead1969 wrote on Feb 16, 2019, 03:09:
Only low intellect do-nothings think a union benefits them.
ledhead1969 wrote on Feb 16, 2019, 03:09:lol if that was his answer instead of "I try to find ways to make people's working lives better" then he sounds like a shitty union rep.
his answer was "I try to find out ways to rip the company off".
Come gather round children, its high time ye learns, bout a hero named Homer and a devil named Burns.
We'll march till we drop, the girls and the fellas, we'll fight till the death or else fold like umbrellas.
So we'll march day and night, by the big cooling tower. they have the plant, but we have the power.
Bill Borre wrote on Feb 15, 2019, 19:30:
It's certainly an interesting logistics challenge for the people in the industry. Who does the union consist of? Programmers? Artists? Actors? Only those who work for the big two, EA/ActiBliz? People who work for smaller publishers?