Coincidentally, unions might be the only things that could still save the AAA side of the games industry...
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2026
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You know who I trust to tell me how to live my life? Big faceless corporations. They obviously want what's best for me more than they care about their bottom line.
$700 lol 😆...I wish . Try $4500/year and worth every penny. GO UNION!!!
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Average annual salary is slightly less than $70k annually in the US. A union that gets you even a meager 3% raise annually is ~$2100 in increased income or 3x what your dues is.
Bunch of fucking wankers.
So what you're saying, is that Delta employees are so stupid, that they fall for this shit?
I was going to say that it got a lot of negative attention.
But seeing that Delta employees still aren't fully unionized may mean you're right.
They think gamers are fucking stupid. It’s too bad they are right.
Really just people in general, not gamers in particular.
So $58.33 per month or like 3.65 McDonald's double Bacon quarter pounder with cheese meals per month.
It's always worth making sure the union is working in your interest and not wasting funds but beyond that the money will pay for itself generally speaking.
That's roughly what I pay and I just got two retroactive 3% raises and a massive increase in my benefits thanks to my union. My employer wanted to cut people or freeze pay and the union made them back down in everything. We got everything we wanted and didn't need to compromise... Worth every penny in union dues. I'll have a cheque for a few thousands dollars mid July now.
Unionize!
Not all unions are good but not having a union is typically far worse.
My first job in high school was at a grocery store with a union and they did jack shit for me when I got fired for something out of my control. Almost a year later they called and told me they could get me my job back but I wouldn't get back pay and I owed them X months of union dues. It soured my opinion on unions for years.
Nowadays, I wish everyone would unionize.
Any governing body of any form needs attention, particularly ones that have the power to tax.
Those were the sorts of stories I heard about unions when I was growing up. Want to clean up a mess? Sorry, union rules say you have to wait for another guy to get here to do it.
I always felt like unions just got in the way of doing things logically or quickly, but I'm pretty sure those stories and comments were intended to do that. Nowadays I know better, and I agree with you: we need unions now more than ever.
Well after my experience with unions in Philadelphia, I'm pretty confident in saying that it varies. I worked for a company that held conventions. We wanted the flag of each attending country to line the entrance hall and it took coordination with FOUR unions. I am not exaggerating.
One union to bring the pallet to the hallway
A second union to place the flag bases
Yet another union to place the flags in the bases
And the last to remove the pallet/packaging (not the same as the first!)
I found this out when I nearly got tackled after putting a flag in its base.
On the flip side, my friend's labor union secured a (permanent) $5/hr raise during COVID.
Big corporations actively campaigning against you doing something like this is always a pretty safe bet that the opposite of what they want is in your interest.
This looks illegal
Not in Gringoland, nope. Union-busting behaviour is routine there. Something that is well documented and studied.
BTW: great username!
Based on what 🤣 Jesus people 🤦♂️
Based on good laws and regulations in countries where the freedoms of the people outweighs the freedoms of corporations.
One could argue that by presenting factually wrong data about union benefits the employer is contradicting the following:
It is unlawful for an employer to subject a worker to any detriment by any act or deliberate omission where the sole or main purpose is:
•to prevent or deter them from taking part in the activities of an independent trade union at an appropriate timeOk but here’s the thing… you can regicide the price of the union with the company and hand the company pay for most of your union dues and realistically 700/year isn’t bad for job security, higher wages, better hours and better benefits aswell as various other things that not being in a union would be impossible. This union busting is madly illegal and really fucked up. Hate US companies
But games aren't tax deductible
If im getting union wages I can do both
wait, i cannot tell if this is real. it's to absurd to be real but it's also american so i'm lost
How much do your union busting consultants cost Delta?
I bet it is a fuckload more than that.
@supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz They could buy us even more games
At ny last union job the dues were only around $250/year.
I swear to all the fucking gods, I'm contrarian enough that even if I were anti union, this shitty attempt at manipulation would make me jump on board.
Like, fuck, don't insult my fucking intelligence like that
I'm pretty sure this falls under a railway labor act violation.
And yes, workers in aviation get lumped under the railway labor act when it comes to unionizing.
I love how this (old) image feels like something out of dystopian fiction.
I could see it on the wall in Half Life 2, or Deus Ex. Not Cyberpunk 2077 'cause they wouldn't need it.
Join a union, pay dues. Get a good salary, make 3k more per year.
I hate suits
Its a shame no one puts a sticker that says Union dues are like an investment that will pay off in dividends way above 700
Don't think. Don't organize. Just consume.
If they don't want you to have it, it must be good!
I feel like if I worked someplace that put up that sign I would go study to become a plumber. Infuriating.
I worked for a summer at Staples. They actively discouraged unionization.
If there ever was a sign that you probably need a union... This is it.
They had a whole video that was anti-union which was “training” material.
Home Depot did the same thing when I worked there ages ago. There were even questions afterwards to ensure our ~~compliance~~ understanding.
Fuck you
Why are you so aggressive honey?