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 alessandro   ( @alessandro@lemmy.ca )  to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month ago

"This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated

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"This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated

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 alessandro   ( @alessandro@lemmy.ca )  to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month ago
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Over 200 employees from Rockstar North have signed a letter to management, in which they have condemned the firing of fellow staff members.
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  •  MonkderVierte   ( @MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ) 
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    Or better yet: form the union out of spite. All of them.

  •  Meldrik   ( @meldrik@lemmy.wtf ) 
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    Well, just a game I’m not gonna buy then. Simple.

    •  Prunebutt   ( @Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ) 
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      Not gonna solve the union busting. Individual boycotts (without a campaign behind them) don’t work.

      •  Meldrik   ( @meldrik@lemmy.wtf ) 
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        Not much else I can do.

        •  Faydaikin   ( @Faydaikin@beehaw.org ) 
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          •  Prunebutt   ( @Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ) 
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            It’s also ineffective as fuck…

            •  Faydaikin   ( @Faydaikin@beehaw.org ) 
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              •  Prunebutt   ( @Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ) 
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                I didn’t say “join a gameworker’s union”. Joining a union is a good idea, no matter where you are and what you work as.

                Not consuming a product is simply that: inaction. And the publisher won’t even notice it, if it’s not connected to a publicity campaign (like e.g. BDS)

                •  Faydaikin   ( @Faydaikin@beehaw.org ) 
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            •  Nima   ( @Nima@leminal.space ) 
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              what is your plan to fix the issue? please be detailed.

              •  Prunebutt   ( @Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ) 
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                • Support the Rockstar workers fighting the unfair dismissals.
                • Join a union yourself.
                • Help ending capitalism by starting to organize in your neighborhood/social circle.
                •  Nima   ( @Nima@leminal.space ) 
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                  oh awesome thanks. I can give you my name and address if you want to go ahead and donate in my name. also I am broke as fuck so you can do that for me too.

                  and let me know when you want me to start organizing stuff in my neighborhood with the time i don’t have. you’ll have to come and take over my responsibilities too.

                  thanks this is super rewarding!

          •  _‌_反いじめ戦隊   ( @AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ) 
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            Your “wallet” belongs to your minter.
            Electoralism is toilet tissue.
            You can be composting C-suites.

        •  _‌_反いじめ戦隊   ( @AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ) 
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          You can form a cooperative, and hire them at prospective dividends plans.

          •  Meldrik   ( @meldrik@lemmy.wtf ) 
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            I’m right behind you.

            •  _‌_反いじめ戦隊   ( @AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ) 
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              I’m in Japan. You gonna emigrate me to UK to do all that?

              •  Cevilia (she/they/…)   ( @Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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                Sure if you pay for the lawyers and accountants necessary to form a cooperative

                •  _‌_反いじめ戦隊   ( @AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ) 
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                  That’s like a one person with an Excel sheet of work you just describe.
                  I can hire you at $Sales/150+you current [IWGB] unionists. How does that read?

                  Not UK barred yet.

              •  Meldrik   ( @meldrik@lemmy.wtf ) 
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                I’m not in the UK either though.

                •  _‌_反いじめ戦隊   ( @AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ) 
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                  Then just say “Wish you unionists best wishes. I feel at a loss on what to help with.”

                  I already said what they need to do from the start with my experience as a syndicalist. Heeding my expertise is another matter.

      •  forrgott   ( @forrgott@lemmy.zip ) 
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        Umm, yeah?

        So what

        •  Prunebutt   ( @Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ) 
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          Well, good for you. But don’t act as if you helped.

          •  Nima   ( @Nima@leminal.space ) 
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            thank goodness you were here to salvage the situation. you really are falling on your sword out here to help those affected by this, eh?

            🫡

            •  _‌_反いじめ戦隊   ( @AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ) 
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              You can volunteer to their cause if you so gladly actually want to contribute.

              We are only asking everyone that wanted to see actual solidarity to actually get involved in intersecting.

            •  Prunebutt   ( @Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ) 
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              Happy to help.

      •  _‌_反いじめ戦隊   ( @AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ) 
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        Capitalist brainwashed folks like Meldrik do not comprehend his monopoly money means shit to a merger conglomerate propping up value for investors to get dupped on in an at-will state.
        GTA6, more like

        RP6F

        Rug pull 6 figures

        •  Meldrik   ( @meldrik@lemmy.wtf ) 
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          Alrighty then.

  •  yardratianSoma   ( @yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca ) 
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    has anyone seen proof from the discord server in question that the 200 or so people who were fired, out of the 500+ members of the discord server were specifically talking about forming a union, or did they just fire a bunch of people incidentally?

    I think Rockstar is just too big to fail, at this point. Not saying they aren’t capable of anything shady or unjust, but where’s the proof of anything, and how many people are really going to boycott a game that will likely break records in the gaming industry save for some catastrophic world event, like another pandemic or world war?

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