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News Article ● Labor Unionization

Video game workers found their voices in the pandemic. Could unions be next?

March 22, 2022 //

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News Article ● Labor Strike

From essential status to strikes, 2021 was the ‘year of the worker’

December 28, 2021 // As the pandemic wore on, the year was dominated by strikes, unionization efforts and worker mobilization.