IGN GAMING "JOURN*LISTS" ARE STARTING A UNION https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ign-workers-unionizing
A group of more than 80 IGN employees are headed for unionization, as the newly formed IGN Creators Guild today announced that more than 87% of the eligible members of that group have signed union authorization cards.
"IGN is an incredible place to work! But so many of the talented creators that make it so incredible need more support than they're currently getting, especially when it comes to competitive pay and adequate time off," said IGN senior reporter Rebekah Valentine in a press release announcing the union.
"And at a time when our industry faces so much uncertainty amid mass layoffs and the rise of generative AI, it's more important than ever for us to ensure IGN remains a great place to work not just today, but for the future IGN that doesn't exist yet."
The guild noted a "need for better diversity and representation at the company" and said online media is becoming less financially viable to staffers, noting a wave of layoffs across gaming journ*lism outlets in the past year and the need for some staff to live in cities with a high cost of living.
today i will create a union at my dying company that recently had layoffs
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It's about ethics in game journ*lism.
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I'm so happy in the Congo9mo ago #5888448 spent 0 currency on pingsBoss loses 10 dollars, I make a dime, that's why I unionize on company time
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Based
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Journo unions are hilarious. Shoutout gawker and the ringer.
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This is like a fax machine repairman deciding he deserves a bigger slice of the pie.
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Right, next is gonna be stock photo takers union or furry porn artists union, what will we ever do without them
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I'm rating this union as a 9/10
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7.8/10
Too much water
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Yeah thats important. Not better working conditions, better pay and benefits. No more women, browns and strags.
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They're unionising for DEI? Fire them all and replace them with a couple of female sexy Indian dude ChatGPT prompters. Union goals met.
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Wrong. Company should be 100% male Indian
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Male Indian for a lot of them, but you'll need a few women to cover 'the gender pay-gap' types.
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Unions only make sense if the thing they are unionizing is a "high skill" occupation.
Being a journo is less useful than a barista who can make latte foam art.
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Unions make sense if you're actually useful. If an entire factory stops working in protest you're kinda screwed, but journos are essentially useless and growing more obselete by the day.
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Unionization also seems to happen in low skill threshold dying companies. Like they get a little W before the people who were raking in the cash just shutter everything.
I'm interested to see if there are any examples of white collar jobs that unionized and did well after 5 years.
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White collar jobs generally don't need to unionize in the US because they're getting paid well enough to not bother with it, and those lower skilled white collars know they're easily replaceable and smart enough to not rock the boat.
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TIL IGN isn't just written by shittier versions of Chat GPT. This move really has the exaggerated swagger of a black teen.
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Chatpgt reviews are probably better than organic ones tbqhfam. Why would a videogame comp not just narrate their own advertisment into chat gpt and post it in every comment section on reddit?
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A union
cant secure pay or job security 
if you dont produce anything 
of value in the first 
place 
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Even Reddit realizes this is going to kill them
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This your first time, foid? You think calling me gay has some impact on me?
When the jews succeed in destroying this planet you're gonna be chained up in a basement with 50 other generic foids.
I'll be buying and trading foids like you on a daily basis. Not because I have any interest in you, but because the title "dealer of mediocre foids" sounds cool to me.
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Wasn't this a succession episode?
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