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Re:Video game workers in North America now have an industry-... by lalaithion on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @01:03PM (#43414565)
How do you think unions start? Yes, an entire workplace can just up and decide some day to unionize but more often unions start as non-bargaining unions and then at some point get enough support to bargain with the companies.
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Re:Video game workers in North America now have an industry-... by 3acctforcom on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @04:54PM (#43417229)
uhhh you should really look into how that works. The union playbook is to organize in secret because retaliation is in the HR playbook. All sorts of fun and completely (not)illegal retaliation like firing organizers.
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Re:Video game workers in North America now have an industry-... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @05:38PM (#43417582)
> more often unions start as non-bargaining unions

Source? I'd guess most unions start as collective-bargaining unions because if they can't colletively bargain I'm struggling to see their point over, like, a conference or subreddit.

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