1) Nothing critical is lost if a video game team stops working. Society doesnt need it and there are lots of alternatives.

2) There is already a major labor surplus for video games. It's famously hard to get into and low paying because of it. There is no doubt someone else is willing to step in.

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lentil_soup 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Nothing critical is lost if a video game team stops working. Society doesnt need it and there are lots of alternatives.

A union represents workers in a company, nothing to do with society. If workers strike the company stops making money, that's their leverage

	▲	kaoD 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And in knowledge work we're not instantly replaceable. That's why anti-union propaganda is rampant in SWE fields.

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hootz 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Strikes are to get power over the company, not over society.