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IGN Unionizes!

The famous video game news service forms a union in a powerful statement for worker solidarity.

Odin Halvorson
2 min readFeb 27, 2024

A new union blossoms inside IGN! While workers elsewhere in the country face brutal reprisals for attempting to unionize, IGN’s parent company voluntarily agreed to the creation of a new union!

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Ziff Davis (the company that owns IGN), voluntarily recognized the nearly 90% vote from IGN employees to establish a union through NewsGuild-CWA.

At a time when massive layoffs are sweeping the nation, union recognition across the country is on the rise. Despite decades of concentrated anti-union efforts from big-name employers, workers are finally taking back control of their lives.

The IGN Creators Guild, representing the editorial and creative staff at IGN, marked a significant victory in their quest for a fair work environment by securing voluntary recognition from Ziff Davis management on February 22nd.

An overwhelming show of national solidarity accompanied the efforts of IGN workers to unionize, with over 5,700 petition signatures supporting their cause.

The guild celebrated this milestone with a February 26th Twitch stream, highlighting the advantages of unionization in sectors such as tech, video gaming, and journalism, and sparking…

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Odin Halvorson
Odin Halvorson

Written by Odin Halvorson

A futurist/socialist/fantasist writer, editor, and scholar. MFA/MLIS. Free access to my articles at OdinHalvorson.substack.com | More over at OdinHalvorson.com.

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