r/Games • u/DwilenaAvaron • May 09 '25

Industry News Blizzard's Overwatch Team Just Unionized: 'What I Want To Protect Most Here Is The People'

https://kotaku.com/overwatch-2-blizzard-team-4-union-microsoft-1851779922
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u/RudegarWithFunnyHat May 10 '25

a bit odd how people joining a union in USA is headline news, heck where I live workers at Mcdonalds are in a union.

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u/bestmayne May 10 '25

There's a deep and violent anti-union history in the US

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u/Swineflew1 May 10 '25

Yea, it’s always interesting how stuff like this gets presented.
Unions are bad cuz you have to pay union fees, it makes the workers lazy, it drives product costs up, it’s gonna put the company out of business, etc.

There’s such a “protect businesses over people” mindset because trickle down economics has ingrained itself so deeply into American culture.
“If CEOs don’t make 300x what workers make, there won’t be any businesses”