{"id":6991,"date":"2022-05-09T13:42:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T12:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=6991"},"modified":"2023-11-08T14:14:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:14:38","slug":"cwas-united-paizo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/cwas-united-paizo\/","title":{"rendered":"CWA\u2019s United Paizo Workers bring their case to the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Representatives from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unitedpaizoworkers.org\/\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">United Paizo Workers\/CWA<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, met with President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of Labour Marty Walsh, and other worker organizers at the White House last week to discuss how Paizo workers won voluntary recognition for their union. Workers at Paizo help produce the popular award-winning Pathfinder and Starfinder tabletop game series.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Alex Speidel, who attended the meeting with President Biden, and his co-workers formed United Paizo Workers\/CWA in the fall of 2021 in response to the departure of several long-term employees amid allegations of managerial impropriety. In addition, the workers raised concerns about a pattern of inconsistent hiring practices, pay inequity across the company, allegations of verbal abuse from executives and management, and allegations of harassment ignored or covered up by those at the top.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cGame workers organizing is gaining momentum in the US and beyond,\u201d said Ben Parton, Head of UNI Global Union ICTS sector. \u201cThis high-level meeting at the White House is proof that when workers are laser-focused on their demands for better jobs, we can be unstoppable.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">During the meeting, Speidel told the group that freelancers who worked for Paizo began to refuse assignments from the company in solidarity with the workers\u2019 request for voluntary recognition of their union. He said that this action strengthened the workers\u2019 position and likely contributed to Paizo\u2019s decision to grant voluntary recognition.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIt was very exciting to meet with President Biden, Vice President Harris and Secretary of Labour Walsh today. Being able to discuss CWA\u2019s campaign to organize game and tech workers, and to share the incredible work being done by the United Paizo Workers and our team of freelance writers, was truly an honour, and I\u2019m so glad to have been invited. It is my hope that the administration continues their support of workers who are organizing to join unions in all industries, and that we are able to take this momentum back to CWA to continue the CODE-CWA campaign. Every worker deserves a union!\u201d said Speilder.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">CWA\u2019s\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.code-cwa.org\/\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">CODE-CWA\u202f<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">project supports workers in the tech and game industries who are organizing for change at their workplaces. CODE-CWA workers at Activision\u2019s Raven Software studio are currently voting in their union election.\u202f <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cwa-union.org\/news\/releases\/workers-apple-retail-store-in-atlanta-first-in-us-file-for-union-election\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Apple retail workers<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202forganizing with CODE-CWA\u2019s support will begin voting in the first-ever union recognition election at Apple on June 2.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">President Biden has put working people front and centre in his policies. Vice President Harris and Secretary Walsh serve as Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, of the\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/general\/labortaskforce\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. The Task Force\u2019s mission is to identify actions the Executive Branch can take to support worker power, worker organizing, and collective bargaining.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representatives from United Paizo Workers\/CWA, met with President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of Labour Marty Walsh, and other worker organizers at the White House last week to discuss how Paizo workers won voluntary recognition for their union. 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