United Wizards of the Coast recognized by NLRB

Anytime this comes up, it's worth pointing out how deeply weird US unionization is compared to the broader world.

There is now a union ... just for Wizards of the Coast employees. UWOTC-CWA now has a monopoly on negotiating for WotC employees. Dues flow up to the CWA, but members don't necessarily get the benefit of bargaining industry-wide. There is also no choice within WotC for what union represents you.

It's still a deeply flawed relationship, especially compared to what a median European enjoys. It's not a simple "US companies bad - EU companies good" - the NLRA is in desperate need of reform by Congress and political actors across the US have stymied progress.

Hopefully they can push back against some of these collabs. I have yet to meet someone who is thrilled with playing a deck with Post Malone, TMNT, or The Walking Dead in it. The best you get is indifference.

Any time you have a chance to unionize¹, do so.

¹ That's union-ize, not un-ionize.

Congrats to the Arena team

Pinkertons inbound

Worked in tech for a long time before I got to WOTC. Went through a lot of layoffs and short term executive decisions that invariably leave anyone without preferred stock out to dry. Wish I had a union then. Glad to have one now.

Edit: Words are my own. I am not a rep of WOTC or Hasbro.

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Hasbro shouldn't have allowed this. Now it's time for a new company to take over the rights of making new MtG cards.