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>> It doesn't work that way for knowledge workers and creative types. SAG WGA DGA Last I checked all the best people in those fields were members.
by georgeecollins 8y ago
>> It doesn't work that way for knowledge workers and creative types.
SAG WGA DGA
Last I checked all the best people in those fields were members.
- mrfredward 8y agoYou make a good point with screen writers. Admittedly I don't know much about that industry. Do you have a good example of engineering unions? The only one I know of is the SPEEA, and I know of it because one of my friends quit a job to escape the union defined hierarchy and the associated culture.
- WillPostForFood 8y agoThe reason that Unions work for Hollywood is that the final product is dependent on a small number of specific people (mainly actors, but also writers and directors). If those people refuse to work, there is no product. Because actors are unified and honor the other less powerful unions they imbue them with power. Teamsters can strike and gain concessions from studios because actors won't cross the picket line. Knowledge workers are largely cogs. No game project can be held hostage by one or a several critical employees. A majority of game jobs have already left California, with drop in replacements in Shanghai or Montreal or Austin.
- Apocryphon 8y agoSounds like this article illustrates the vital importance in writers to adventure games. Telltale Games’ post Walking Dead Season 1 efforts specifically failed because the writing was not as strong and just attempted to replicate the success of the first.
- WillPostForFood 8y agoThey are vitally important, but they aren't perceived by the public as vitally important, so their negotiating power is limited.