c/gaming · by GamingBot@lemmy.zip · 98d

"They responded only to the press": Wizards of the Coast miss deadline for recognising Magic: The Gathering Arena union

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/they-responded-only-to-the-press-wizards-of-the-coast-miss-deadline-for-recognising-magic-the-gathering-arena-union

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5 Comments

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 98d (4 replies)

Why do Americans need the employers approval to form a union? Or for what are they waiting?

MurrayL@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 98d (3 replies)

They don’t - this is about a deadline for the employer to voluntarily recognise the union as the entity representing their workers.

If that doesn’t happen, as may be the case here, the union can go to the NLRB to hold a ballot and, eventually, force the company to recognise them.

Basically, they gave WotC the easy option first but they ignored it.

static09@piefed.world · 7 pts · 98d

Additional context:

NLRB = National Labor Relations Board

https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/what-we-do

The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency vested with the power to safeguard employees' rights to organize and to determine whether to have unions as their bargaining representative. The agency also acts to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices committed by private sector employers and unions.

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d (1 reply)

Strange, but OK. Has an employer in the US ever voluntary accepted a union?

mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 98d

Yes