Replace, 7/10/23:
AEGIS-CWA (Allied Staff Guild Bettering Sega in partnership with the Communication Employees 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 in opposition to it.
With this election received, AEGIS-CWA is now the most important multi-department union of organized employees in the whole video games business, it says. AEGIS-CWA tweeted concerning the information at the moment, stating it’s “so excited to rejoice this win and head to the bargaining desk [with Sega] to proceed constructing this firm we love.”
WE WON!
We simply received our union election 91-26.
Our 200+ member union is now the LARGEST multi-department union of organized employees within the ENTIRE gaming business.
So excited to rejoice this win & head to the bargaining desk w/ @SEGA to proceed constructing this firm we love! pic.twitter.com/2iy6loAruf
— AEGIS-CWA 💙 #UnionizeSEGA (@takesAEGIS) July 10, 2023
This vote was held after Sega administration opted to not voluntarily acknowledge it.
Recreation Informer has reached out to Sega for remark or an announcement and can replace this story if one is obtained.
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Replace, 4/26/23:
Recreation Informer reached out to Sega of America for remark concerning this union submitting by 144 staff on April 24, 2023. We obtained a letter at the moment that Sega of America president and COO Ian Curran first despatched to all Sega of America staff this morning. You may learn it, in full, under:
Pricey Group Sega,
We obtained phrase yesterday {that a} petition has been filed with the Nationwide Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by numerous SOA staff looking for 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 signifies 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 will probably be voting for or in opposition to union illustration.
A few of you could help unionization and a few not. That’s your authorized proper. No SOA worker will probably be handled any otherwise whether or not they help or don’t help unionization. Now we have an exquisite tradition at SOA with a powerful dedication to working collectively as a group. In my thoughts, it’s the SOA worker tradition that makes us such a profitable firm.
We will probably be updating you frequently so that you simply’re absolutely knowledgeable, perceive what you’ll be able to count on and what the NLRB course of is about. You probably have any questions, please be at liberty to achieve out to Human Assets. We wish your entire questions answered.
Thanks all in your continued efforts.
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Authentic Story, 4/24/23:
Staff inside Sega of America have filed for unionization.
Right now, 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 improvement departments have filed to type a union. This group of workers headquartered in Sega of America’s Irvine, California workplace filed its union election with the Nationwide Labor Relations Board and can go by the title Allied Staff Guild Bettering Sega (AEGIS) in partnership with the Communications Employees of America, The Verge stories.
“We consider that the passionate, hardworking folks 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 new union writes on Twitter. “That is our imaginative and prescient for the trail ahead. #UnionizeSEGA”
The AEGIS union additionally launched an extended assertion outlining why it is unionizing, what it desires for its members, and extra. You may test it out, in full, under:
We consider that the passionate, hardworking folks 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.
That 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 folks it spoke to are “hopeful that Sega of America and its Japanese father or mother firm will voluntarily acknowledge the union.” For extra about this unionization effort, remember to try The Verge’s full story.
Recreation Informer has reached out to Sega of America for remark and can replace this story accordingly if remark is obtained.
[Source: The Verge]
