The other side of the coin.
Organized labor has a proud history of hard-fought gains that have benefited us all. It's a history that should fill us all with gratitude. But like many of the factories and other places of work unions once fought to improve, unionization is a relic of a bygone era, completely bypassed -- to great effect -- by a roaring technology industry that fuels the American and global economies. Unions aren't bad. Wanting to unionize isn't bad. It's just that nothing big comes without downside, and in unionization's case... well... the downside can be substantial. Colin's Last Stand: Side Quest is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Listen to Sacred Symbols, CLS' PlayStation podcast (also available on podcast services and here on YouTube): https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/STU5682506591 Listen to the CLS interview podcast, Colin’s Last Stand: Fireside Chats (also available on podcast services): https://soundcloud.com/colinslaststand Listen to the CLS retro podcast, Colin’s Last Stand: KnockBack (also available on podcast services): http://soundcloud.com/clsknockback Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Colin's Last Stand is a product of Colin's Last Stand, LLC PO Box 1233 | Santa Monica, CA 90406 The videos below were used, in part, in the creation of this episode of Side Quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K58uYCdBT_Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gRgIXzPTRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hlfqggGOZw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gUtfBmw86Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kqe2ICmTxc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM1H7kTvUIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp_bjiuMWgU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o21OA5eSZZk The following stories were cited in this episode of Side Quest: https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/24/nearly-half-of-game-developers-want-to-unionize/ https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2013/04/art2full.pdf https://anh.com/the-cost-of-unions/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeleef/2016/08/05/who-will-bail-out-insolvent-union-pension-funds/#5338ca9a4354 https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/multiemployer-pension-fail.aspx https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/17/retirement/multiemployer-pension-committee/index.html https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2015/employer-costs-for-union-and-nonunion-workers-in-december-2014.htm https://www.autoblog.com/2015/03/29/foreign-domestic-automakers-wage-gap/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/shelliekarabell/2018/02/14/executive-compensation-is-out-of-control-what-now/#7d099115431f https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Video-Game-Industry-Salary https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/24/how-much-americans-earn-at-every-age.html https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-average-income-in-usa-family-household-history-3306189 https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-26-houser-brothers-expected-to-receive-bulk-of-usd538m-red-dead-royalties https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/27/18156687/game-workers-unite-game-developer-union-us-uk-france https://kotaku.com/it-s-time-for-game-developers-to-unionize-1823992430 https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/7xdv5e/after-destroying-lives-for-decades-gaming-is-finally-talking-unionization http://fortune.com/2018/09/22/telltale-games-layoffs-shut-down/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-08/activision-is-said-to-plan-job-cuts-as-sales-of-key-games-stall https://kotaku.com/we-were-working-100-hour-weeks-red-dead-redemption-2-h-1829758281 Still imagery was acquired via a licensed Shutterstock account from the following artists and photographers: Artem Pohrebniak, Dmitriy Popoff, Doucefleur, iurii, Lightspring, Memo Angeles, rawf8, Sophie James, Steel Brooks, and TheVisualsYouNeed. This episode's thumbnail was acquired via a licensed Shutterstock account from artist Bakhtiar Zein.