Sega Of America Employees Vote To Unionize, Now Largest Multi-Department Union In Games Industry

Update, 7/10/23:

AEGIS-CWA (Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega in partnership with the Communication Workers of America), the Sega of America union filed again in April, has received its union election, with 91 votes in favor of the union and 26 votes towards it.

With this election received, AEGIS-CWA is now the most important multi-department union of organized employees in all the video games trade, it says. AEGIS-CWA tweeted in regards to the information in the present day, stating it’s “so excited to celebrate this win and head to the bargaining table [with Sega] to continue building this company we love.” 

This vote was held after Sega administration opted to not voluntarily acknowledge it. 

Game Informer has reached out to Sega for remark or a press release and can replace this story if one is acquired.

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Update, 4/26/23:

Game Informer reached out to Sega of America for remark relating to this union submitting by 144 staff on April 24, 2023. We acquired a letter in the present day that Sega of America president and COO Ian Curran first despatched to all Sega of America staff this morning. You can learn it, in full, under: 

Dear Team Sega,

We acquired phrase yesterday {that a} petition has been filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by numerous SOA staff in search of union illustration. Union issues are new to me and SOA and we’re investigating and contemplating the choices out there to the corporate. As I perceive it, the petition submitting implies that the NLRB will conduct a secret poll election a number of weeks down the street for workers who’re in particular job classifications to be decided by the NLRB. These staff might be voting for or towards union illustration.

Some of you might assist unionization and a few not. That is your authorized proper. No SOA worker might be handled any in a different way whether or not they assist or don’t assist unionization. We have an exquisite tradition at SOA with a robust dedication to working collectively as a workforce. In my thoughts, it’s the SOA worker tradition that makes us such a profitable firm.

We might be updating you frequently so that you simply’re totally knowledgeable, perceive what you possibly can count on and what the NLRB course of is about. If you might have any questions, please be happy to succeed in out to Human Resources. We need your entire questions answered.

Thank you all in your continued efforts.

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Original Story, 4/24/23:

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, stay service, localization, advertising, and product growth departments have filed to kind a union. This group of workers headquartered in Sega of America’s Irvine, California workplace filed its union election with the National Labor Relations Board and can go by the title 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, under: 

The Verge interviewed two members of this new union and writes that each folks 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, you should definitely 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 acquired. 

[Source: The Verge]