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Let's use SAG as a blueprint for a game industry union. If I were a small non-union indie shop and I was lucky enough that some highly talented AAA developer w
by hesdeadjim 8y ago
Let's use SAG as a blueprint for a game industry union.
If I were a small non-union indie shop and I was lucky enough that some highly talented AAA developer wanted to work with me, I would be unable to hire him if he's union unless I converted my entire shop over to be union. If I didn't, he would be in direct violation of his union contract and could be fined or lose his membership.
I understand that not every union functions the same, but it is not hard to imagine that wherever there is a lot of money at stake the union will do everything in it's power, to well, seize power.
Considering the movie industry is dwarfed by the video game industry from a revenue point of view, I can very easily imagine this scenario repeating itself.
- orwin 8y agoUnion works this way in the US? Wow, this is not a clever way to achieve anything. I understand why some people are anti-union then.
- hesdeadjim 8y agoNot all unions function this way, but this is one possibility.
- realusername 8y ago> If I were a small non-union indie shop and I was lucky enough that some highly talented AAA developer wanted to work with me, I would be unable to hire him if he's union unless I converted my entire shop over to be union. If I didn't, he would be in direct violation of his union contract and could be fined or lose his membership. I've never heard of unions working like this, this may be a US-specific thing. Unions are just workers right groups, if the company is big, the group is inside the company, if it's too small, you just apply to the local union. They help to negotiate better laws and benefits for the whole industry & also directly at a company level in big companies.