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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8427170" data-attributes="member: 7023840">What's that? Ah - Pensions? Don't talk about - pensions? You kidding me? Pensions? I just hope we can get a matching 401k!Ahem. Seriously, though, and to make things particular to this union (PER MORRUS, ABOVE, let's not get this thread shut down)-Fundamentally, and in the US, unions are about collectively bargaining the terms and conditions of employment. So what could a Paizo union do?-They could disseminate the pay information, guarantee rates of pay for positions, and pay increases.-Have contracts for workers that provide protection from "at will" termination (in other words, there would be a "for cause" process to be fired), require progressive discipline-Have guaranteed severance for layoffs-Have guaranteed leave of certain types (parental, vacation, PTO, sick, that sort of thing)-Provide for contractual protection for discrimination and harassment w/r/t ermployeesetc.Now, all of this would have to be bargained for, but there are protections for having this type of collective representation. Given what appears to be continuing issues at Paizo with regard to the employees (pay, crunch, harassment in some cases) and a lack of response from management, it seems that this might be fruitful.</blockquote>