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Rockstar Games workers' union drive praised as landmark for game labor

Original: RE: https:// mastodon.social/@Knoebel/11751 4981042833431 this is huge. when i was a college prof, found myself in unive

Rockstar Games is being widely discussed after news circulated about union organizing among its staff. Commenters note that for years the company was held up as the model of a new creative class of workers in New York City, but one without a union. Observers who once sat in university meetings where that framing was repeated say the current development overturns it, calling it a major moment for labor in the video game industry.

Why now: Organizing at one of the world's most prominent game studios challenges the long-held image of game developers as a unionless creative workforce.

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• RE: https:// mastodon.social/@Knoebel/11751 4981042833431 this is huge. when i was a college prof, found myself in university meetings where Rockstar Games was propped up as not just the future for a new creative class of workers in # NYC but a UNIONLESS creative class. for the… · blogdiva · 70

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