"This isn’t just something that affects Wizards of the Coast" - Magic: the Gathering Arena team vote to unionise for protection against layoffs, genAI and forced crunch
Developers of Magic: The Gathering Arena at Wizards of the Coast are organizing to unionize with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The union aims to secure better protections against layoffs, address generative AI usage, and prevent mandatory crunch. This move follows similar unionization efforts in the gaming industry and aims to give workers more say in workplace conditions and equity.
Rock Paper Shotgun
- Entities
- Magic: The Gathering Arena
- Crunch
- Neil White
- Wizards of the Coast
- Layoffs
- Unionization
- Damien Wilson
- Communications Workers of America
- Hasbro
- Valentine Powell
- Generative AI
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