Thread regarding Hasbro Inc. layoffs

Wizards is organizing. Why not Pawtucket?

Honest question for anyone who’s been around Pawtucket a while. The Wizards side has had a lot of movement lately. MTG Arena won their union election this summer, and last week the D&D team and Studio X announced they’re going for one too, with CWA.

Meanwhile we’re being relocated to Boston by the end of the year, and I haven’t seen a single conversation about organizing. A move like that changes commutes, schedules, who gets an offer, and who doesn’t. If there was ever a time to have a seat at the table, you’d think it was now.

So what’s the story? Did anyone at HQ ever try to organize, or even float the idea? Did it fizzle, get shut down, or just never start? Has the Wizards news changed what anyone here thinks?

Not trying to stir anything up. Just curious.


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It is a lot harder to organize when the business is in a big of a tailspin. The toy industry has been very challenged lately. Not much leverage to form a union when the business is not there. While the toy side of Hasbro has been having layoffs over the past 4+ years, there have also been a huge amount of talented toy people leaving on their own and Hasbro is not fighting to keep them. Toy looses money, so less toy employees equates to less expenses. On the flip side, while WOTC has had layoffs, there are also people within WOTC that Hasbro knows they can not loose with out affecting the revenue. That is the leverage that WOTC people have to discuss unions. Its not fair, but its where its at.

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