Unionizing the Video Game Industry
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Taylor Welling and Kathryn Friesen discuss the emergent labor movement within video game developers, and their own contributions to it.
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Unionizing the Video Game Industry w/ Taylor Welling & Kathryn Friesen | Tech Won't Save Us
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Taylor Welling and Kathryn Friesen to discuss how they formed wall-to-wall unions in the video game industry and their thoughts on broader challenges like layoffs and corporate consolidation.
Taylor Welling is a producer and union member at OneBGS and Kathryn Friesen is quest designer and member of the World of Warcraft GameMakers Guild.
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SAG-AFTRA union video game performers strike outside Warner Bros. Games, part of the Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment unit of Warner Bros. Discovery, in Burbank, California, on August 1, 2024.
(Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP via Getty Images)On this episode of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, we’re joined by Taylor Welling and Kathryn Friesen to discuss how they formed wall-to-wall unions in the video game industry and their thoughts on broader challenges like layoffs and corporate consolidation.
Taylor Welling is a producer and union member at OneBGS and Kathryn Friesen is quest designer and member of the World of Warcraft GameMakers Guild.
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Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
Protesting Tesla Can Hurt Elon Musk w/ Ed Niedermeyer | Tech Won't Save Us
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss the trouble with Tesla’s business model and how that makes Elon Musk’s power vulnerable to protest and boycott.
Ed Niedermeyer is the author Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors and a co-host of the Autonocast.
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