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Re: vote UNION: yes
I don't really buy into the notion that the nature of the game industry is to temporary for a union to be effective. Seems like even more of a reason to have protections established by an empowered agreement! An agreement should be smart enough to require employers to include fair compensation in cases like a Team Bondi… -
Re: vote UNION: yes
I'm a supporter of unions but I really don't see how this is supposed to work in the game industry. Game dev is inherently project based work. Being laid off at the end of the development process sucks but the game is done... what reason is there to have an entire development team around being paid with nothing to do… -
Re: vote UNION: yes
That would've been nice with my job at Cryptic. I seriously thought I was going to talk with the art director because it was my turn to give feedback on our project leads, and was told "sorry, we're going to have to let you go for 'x' reasons" (which I was later told by other folks were bs reasons). I was quickly made to… -
Re: vote UNION: yes
If the game art field unionizes, I will walk away and never look back. Unions will destroy the culture and dynamics of the field and there will be no bringing it back. I don't want some professional leech - excuse me, union rep - dictating for me what my labor is worth or how much of my paycheck I have to donate to… -
Re: vote UNION: yes
Admittedly, I dont know a whole hell of a lot about unions. But from what I can tell, they would have their ups and downs for this industry. Yes, they would cause more stability for those employed. They would give artists a solid pay scale, so that new comers dont get screwed, and older guys dont get canned cause they make… -
Re: vote UNION: yes
How do Sports Unions work? I'd imagine some kind of 'ability based' payscale, and stability, while securing a decent pension health benefits etc. Does anyone firmly believe they'll be working in games until they retire (when they're 75+?). I'm really not sure where I stand with unions to be honest. It would be so much… -
Re: vote UNION: yes
One group of employees striking against a single employer. Basically: "Disney, if you want animators we've got you by the balls, lets talk". I see some of the parallels that you're drawing as far as creatives striking over some of the same issues, but game artists face a unique situations, the most haunting of which is a… -
Re: vote UNION: yes
A number of large publishers and publisher-developers already either do major outsourcing business with Chinese companies, or have permanent facilities in China. I'd rather not name names, but I know of at least three, and they're all names everyone here would instantly recognize. I'm not accusing any of them of… -
Re: vote UNION: yes
The Disney Strike of 1941 http://libcom.org/history/1941-disney-cartoonists-strike Or we a profession? Compared to what? who isn't a professional? If we wern't it would be illeagal to not pay overtime! http://www.aflcio.org/issues/jobseconomy/workersrights/overtime.cfm This looks like a promising start: ( not sure for… -
Re: vote UNION: yes
I was just thinking about this... I wish there was some protection against forcing new artists to basically accept low wages and zero job stability just to do the thing they love. I'm all for this kind of thing
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