unions

Workers at eBay-owned trading card game company TCGPlayer announce union plans

Nearly 300 workers have filed in coordination with CWA and CODE-CWA and requested voluntary recognition.

European RPG Studios Union emerges from dust of D&D’s OGL storm to ‘promote RPGs as art and protect creators’

Effort from French, German and Italian publishers states support of #OpenDND movement as first priority.

One-page tabletop RPG Cosmic Latte raises funds for Starbucks unions

Stressful time limits and ridiculous mandates echo conditions for underpaid and overworked baristas

Board game retailer union secures election date following “several weeks of anti-union activity”

Noble Knight Games’ ownership allegedly hired anti-union lawyers to invalidate possible voters.

Noble Knight Games workers head to a vote after tabletop retailer denies voluntary union recognition

The Wisconsin-based retailer will now hold an official election to ratify the nascent union.

Workers at Seattle Mox Board House location follow Card Kingdom in forming union

The tabletop retail/restaurant hybrid’s are calling for cost-of-living pay and better treatment by management.

Workers at major MTG retailer Card Kingdom allege an understaffed and mismanaged workplace in constant crunch

“They cannot retain staff for the life of them. These people quit on the spot or just walk out because the job sucks.”

Employees at MTG retailer Card Kingdom unionise for better pay and company transparency

"Management openly admits that our current system is broken, and yet there are no offers for solutions."

Feature: United Paizo Workers: How the Pathfinder creators organised, and what’s next for tabletop RPGs’ first union

Paizo employees have their recognition, but the hardest fights might still be on the horizon.

Pathfinder company executives have voluntarily recognised United Paizo Union after only eight days

The worker victory skips a lengthy and often nasty voting period, skipping straight to contract negotiation.

Workers at Pathfinder publisher Paizo have announced the formation of the United Paizo Workers union

Staff say they are “underpaid for their labor, required to live in one of the most expensive cities in the United States, and subjected to untenable crunch conditions on a regular basis”.

The Price of Coal weaves a historical story of labour rights in West Virginia’s coal country

Explore the beginning of the state’s hard road to unionisation through card-based storytelling.