A supermajority of game developers behind the popular digital game Magic: The Gathering Arena has announced their intent to form a union with CWA, also marking the first unionization effort at Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast.
I know you’re just being cheeky, but union busting like this is extremely uncommon. Under current NLRB rules, it would quickly be ruled a ULP and would cause their union to be immediately recognized
Yes. It will move slower because of funding and staffing cuts, but it will still pretty quick given the situation. Joy Silk was resurrected in a ruling in 2023, and has been the guiding principle of union elections since then
The majority of his presidency he’s kept them with too few members to have a quorum and therefore unable to do much of anything.
Last I’d heard, Trump was officially allowed to dismiss members of the NLRB at will. His administration is basically the definition of corruption and regulatory capture.
Don’t get me wrong - I’d be happy to see things go well for unions but I have zero faith in anything good happening. Shit is so fucked I’m legitimately worried about any legal challenges to anything because we might get another Roe v. Wade.
While that is a valid concern, most rulings don’t require a quorum. Most rulings are handled at the regional level. I’m intimately familiar with this situation, I have an ongoing ULP for discrimination
I know you’re just being cheeky, but union busting like this is extremely uncommon. Under current NLRB rules, it would quickly be ruled a ULP and would cause their union to be immediately recognized
In this administration?
Yes. It will move slower because of funding and staffing cuts, but it will still pretty quick given the situation. Joy Silk was resurrected in a ruling in 2023, and has been the guiding principle of union elections since then
The majority of his presidency he’s kept them with too few members to have a quorum and therefore unable to do much of anything.
Last I’d heard, Trump was officially allowed to dismiss members of the NLRB at will. His administration is basically the definition of corruption and regulatory capture.
Don’t get me wrong - I’d be happy to see things go well for unions but I have zero faith in anything good happening. Shit is so fucked I’m legitimately worried about any legal challenges to anything because we might get another Roe v. Wade.
While that is a valid concern, most rulings don’t require a quorum. Most rulings are handled at the regional level. I’m intimately familiar with this situation, I have an ongoing ULP for discrimination