unions

TCGPlayer Union slams eBay with Unfair Labour Practice action for allegedly stalling negotiations

The union will join New York Senator John Mannion for a press conference discussing eBay union-busting tactics.

Card Kingdom Union approves contract between employees and upper management of TCG seller

Vice President Bob Woods says the company will “honour the union process and employee voices”.

Tarot-based RPG Likeness Machines pits a struggling actor against their corporate AI replacement

All proceeds from the satirical biography game support WGA and SAG-AFTRA workers on the picket line.

SAG-AFTRA strike won’t affect Critical Role, D20 but raises question over RPG shows' part in labour movements

The largest names in tabletop actual play voice support for workers’ rights even if their shows aren’t immediately affected.

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.