Employees inside Sega of America have filed for unionization.
Today, The Verge broke the information {that a} supermajority of 144 staff throughout Sega of America’s high quality assurance, dwell service, localization, advertising and marketing, and product growth departments have filed to kind a union. This staff headquartered in Sega of America’s Irvine, California workplace filed its union election with the National Labor Relations Board and can go by the identify Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega (AEGIS) in partnership with the Communications Workers of America, The Verge stories.
“We believe that the passionate, hardworking people at our Irvine offices deserve a say in our working conditions, and we are joining together to advocate for change in our workplace,” this new union writes on Twitter. “This is our vision for the path forward. #UnionizeSEGA”
The AEGIS union additionally launched an extended assertion outlining why it is unionizing, what it desires for its members, and extra. You can test it out, in full, beneath:
We consider that the passionate, hardworking individuals at our Irvine places of work deserve a say in our working situations, and we’re becoming a member of collectively to advocate for change in our office.
This is our imaginative and prescient for the trail ahead. #UnionizeSEGA pic.twitter.com/G4v2TDl0kL
— AEGIS-CWA 💙 #UnionizeSEGA (@takesAEGIS) April 24, 2023
The Verge interviewed two members of this new union and writes that each individuals it spoke to are “hopeful that Sega of America and its Japanese parent company will voluntarily recognize the union.” For extra about this unionization effort, remember to take a look at The Verge’s full story.
Game Informer has reached out to Sega of America for remark and can replace this story accordingly if remark is obtained.
[Source: The Verge]
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