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Re:How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only un... by oh_sigh on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @04:53PM (#24712597)
How would a tech union help in that case?
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Re:How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only un... by tsimionescu on Thursday October 08, 2020 @02:15AM (#24716388)
If the union was cross-company, it could have noticed the lack of "poaching" much sooner.

Unions could also help in the world of game studios, to stop the deeply harmful practice of "crunch".

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Re:How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only un... by _kbh_ on Thursday October 08, 2020 @05:04AM (#24717289)
Couldn't agree more, imo game studios have all the downsides of a large software company with pretty much none of the benefits, the sooner they unionise and get treated like humans the better.
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Re:How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only un... by bsenftner on Thursday October 08, 2020 @09:00AM (#24718701)
There needs to be an Industry-wide game production union, with all the developers and artists together as a single global political force. That would RADICALLY change crunch abuses.
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Re:How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only un... by doggosphere on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @05:03PM (#24712709)
Stronger representation in a class action lawsuit; negative consequences for corporations in the form of sanctions, walkouts, etc.
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