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Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results by jachee on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @02:03AM (#19151030)
> The market is competitive enough that if a major studio has any considerable union power, the firm will most likely just lose to more efficient companies, due to cost.

It's not a zero-sum game. A company with happier, more productive employees under a union may have higher costs, but their odds of putting out a more-successful product are also higher than a company that burns out and/or screws over its devs.

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Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results by microcolonel on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @04:12PM (#19157060)
> A company with happier, more productive...

Union workers, including professionals, across the U.S. report considerably lower trust and comfort in the workplace, and feel more distant/guarded from their bosses than non-union workers in every sector [0]; and I'm not exactly sure how you measure productivity, but I can't exactly assume that that's higher in a union shop either (anecdotally, it is the exact opposite of the case).

Now, some of this might just be a matter of unions being more common in crappier industries, which is plausible, but it certainly doesn't indicate a positive impact of union membership.

[0]: https://news.gallup.com/poll/146687/Union-Workers-Score-Lowe...

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