TCGPlayer , the popular marketplace responsible for handle shipments for posting games , comics , andcollectible trading board , has unionise . This retiring Friday before the weekend start , a majority of its workers vote in favor of becoming the TCGUnion . Notably , this makes it the first chemical group of employee to successfully unionize at its parent company eBay .
Now defend by theCommunications Workers of America ( CWA ) , TCGPlayer ’s 272 - person faculty first start unionization drive 2020 , but those were quash by a union buster at the time . When eBay acquired the Syracuse , NY - based company in November 2022 , staffers made another union run this past January via election filing with the National Labor Relations Board ( NLRB ) . Demands have in theemployees ’ mission statementwere pay raises ( meant to calculate for recent price inflation ) , a comprehensive and comely insurance policy for sick leave , and inclusive chance to move up within the company .
THIS JUST IN ! suffrage have been count and … ……
Image: TCGPlayer
WE WON ! 136 - 87 ! ! ! ! ! ! Thanks for all the support ! ! ! ! Now we move on to bargain our first contract ! ! !
— TCGunion - CWA ( @TCGunionCWA)March 11 , 2023
TCGPlayer proletarian Jennifer Bonham enjoin the TCGUnion - CWA would allow the company to “ take on a more combat-ready role in shape the conditions of our work to ascertain a salutary caliber of life story for ourselves , and a sound quality of service for our client . [ … ] We powerfully believe that by joining together to spring our unification we can make TCGplayer a more equitable workplace where Authentication Center workers can thrive for year to number . ”
As canoften be the casewhen it do to trade union , getting to this point was n’t soft for TCGPlayer . During the initial voting process in January , the CWA filed an unfair Labour Party practice session charge against the fellowship , say that management was force faculty to attend anti - union meeting andsurveilling employeesthat were wear insignias intend to show trade union support . Just last week , the CWA filedsome more charges , claim that direction was threatening and restraining pro - union workers . At sentence of writing , the NLRB has yet to issue a conclusion on these charges .
There were strong thrust for unionisation in various industries throughout 2022 , such as invideo gamesandcomics . Though not all of them pan off out or are still in progress , it ’s nice to see it keep into 2023 and hopefully beyond .
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