Comment on "This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated

yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• uninvitedguest@piefed.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I can't speak for the USA, but typically in Canada (Ontario) people would not want to return to the employer but force a greater settlement.

  Also, in Ontario, an employer that is found to be union busting would result in automatic certification of the union - no vote needed.

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  • MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No need to speak for the USA, Rockstar North is British

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    • uninvitedguest@piefed.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Which I would have learned earlier had I read the article!

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• astreus@lemmy.ml ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Video game worker here. I used to get 5-15 inMails a week offering me an interview. This year? 2. In total. The industry is brutal right now.

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  • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It‘s also an industry full of enthusiasts with a passion for what they do. Well mostly. I don‘t have to tell you how much that gets exploited. The workers who got the boot over joining a union actually seemed interested in returning to office again in interviews, though not without joining a union first.

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    • jpeps@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah I mean can you imagine working on a big contender for the game of the decade, and being kicked out at the final hurdle?

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    • Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Same story for almost every passion industry. I remember being surprised at first to learn how underpaid Formula 1 engineers are when some of them are literal rocket scientists, for example.

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