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The ‘wizards’ behind the online version of Magic: the Gathering are unionizing
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The ‘wizards’ behind the online version of Magic: the Gathering are unionizing

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Magic: the Gathering is casting lots for a union. Game developers at the popular digital and tabletop studio Wizards of the Coast , a subsidiary of Hasbro that develops online versions of the popular card game and Dungeons & Dragons, are seeking to join the Communications Workers of America. The workers announced their intent to unionize Monday to join the CWA, which has organized thousands of workers in the tech and video game industry in recent years, including the largest certified union in the US video game industry in 2024 representing 600 quality assurance workers at Activision. More than 100 game designers, programmers, producers, artists and other workers at the studio will be represented by the bargaining unit, with workers stating they have a supermajority of support. They are requesting voluntary recognition, but have filed for a union election at the National Labor Relations Board as well, offering to withdraw the petition if they are voluntarily recognized by 1 May.…

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