Paizo Recognizes United Paizo Workers

Fantastic news.

It is a small yet significant step towards healthier workers in gaming and healthier industries in gaming.

Awesome news! This gives me hope for the future of the TTRPG industry.

Amazing!

Very happy to see this!

AFT member 7 years, welcome to union life!

HUZZAH!

Huzzah! That was faster than I expected.

Well, darn, now I have to go buy all those books I said I would, eh :-) :-) :-).

Well done Paizo

Very pleased to see this - here's hoping it's the first of many in an industry that sorely undervalues labor.

I'm still hoping to hear something tangible from Paizo's management on the various concerns from #PaizoAccountability. That allegations of transphobic policy/practices have not only not been addressed over a month in, but actively talked around in the last official communication we got is unacceptable. While I expect the union to work for the good of all Paizo employees going forward, something must be done about prior harm.

I’m solidly with keftiu on that.

I’ve just placed an order for the books I missed in October, plus some others I’d been eyeing off getting duplicates of. I’m glad Paizo chose to recognise the union and I hope this leads to better dialogue between the workers and executive going forward.

For me, the other significant issue remains historic incidents of transphobia. Although they have been tacitly acknowledged, there has been no formal statement. I am keenly waiting to hear the organisation’s response so that I can resume my support of a company I’ve always respected and their staff I’ve always admired.

Congratulations and cheers to all of the Union members, happy to hear this news!

Thank you! I’m proud to say now that I can play a union made game. Great job. Congratulations to all Paizo United workers.

Exciting news!

Just remember the union is only the first step. The Paizo execs still haven't addressed the laundry list of allegations against them.

I am happy and impressed by all involved. I am truly surprised by both the formation of the union and the voluntary acceptance of it. Both blow my mind (in a good way). This will be a challenge for all involved and I do have some fears. However, all good things are worth the effort. Fair labor and quality Paizo product are both worth fighting for.

Both labor and management need their space and time to figure this out. I hope that social media and these boards can now give it to them. This is not a quick fix.

Glad to hear this news! I hope that it is a successful venture for both employees and the company!
As another union member in a different industry, please don't follow the same union standards of union seniority controlling its members. There are bad employees everywhere and they should be able to be removed easily, but often times in unions it is very hard to remove them.
Unions have great benefits, but also stupid customs that should be changed.
Good luck on your adventure!

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Good luck on your adventure!

Pathfinder Adventure Path: Rise of the Collective Bargaining.

Congratulations to United Paizo Workers! This is really excellent to hear.

The union and Paizo will now undoubtedly show others in this industry and other industries that unions and companies can work together, develop good product, and have everyone win.

Congratulations to all. <3

Do carry on!

--C.

Let's go!

Gonna be getting Guns and Gears, and Grand Bazaar tonight. I was holding off on that until the UPW was recognized.

As for what's next on the consumer side of this:

When Paizo announces that it will accommodate the original demands of the freelancers and commit to improvements on that front then I will get my first subscriptions to the PF2e rulebooks and Lost Omens.

And, if Paizo announces a way to tip all the contributors to each book on their storefront then I will begin the process of going back to each book (I currently own all digital rulebooks and Lost Omens books from the Core Rulebook through Secrets of Magic) and purchasing the hardcopy version as well as the tip option.

The United Paizo Workers Announcement

Seems like a fishy deal. We'll see how politically driven it actually was.

Amazing news! There's still a lot of work and a lot of uncertainty to come, but this is a major step in the right direction, and a cheering sign that the management is willing to meet us halfway. Congratulations to everyone, staff, freelancers, and fans, who made this happen!

YAY!! \(^o^)/ ★★★★★

Thank you.

Huzzah!

A union won't magically solve all the problems, but it opens the door for workers and management solving problems together. And partnerships work way better when both partners have power.

I am so happy about this announcement! Huzzah!

Fantastic news! I’m so proud of all the Paizo employees who worked to make this happen. And I’m proud of Paizo’s management for doing the right thing, and recognizing it.

I know there is so much more work ahead, but I am really happy to see management voluntarily recognize the union. I am glad for all the workers who organized so hard for this!

I'm restarting my subs today.

Very happy that you chose to recognize the union. This is historic!

This is such great news!

Happy news indeed! Congrats to the UPW for their start, and to Paizo for putting a step forwards.

Hooray!

Great news, and a great first step in restoring faith in the company as a whole.

I'm restarting my subs today.

I thought you were new..

Very pleased to see this - here's hoping it's the first of many in an industry that sorely undervalues labor.

I'm still hoping to hear something tangible from Paizo's management on the various concerns from #PaizoAccountability.

Agreed on both counts! I'm looking forward to seeing how negotiations go. This is a great step! :D

Broke the news to my friends. They canceled their subscriptions and pending orders the same day.

Now I don't know if I'm going to get to play Pathfinder anymore.

This is great news!

I'm sorry to hear that, Raving. I hope you're able to find a new group that sets less weird standards! :(

Broke the news to my friends. They all canceled their subscriptions and pending orders the same day.

Now I don't know if I'm going to get to play Pathfinder anymore.

Why are your friends so opposed to the workers having power?

Congratulations to all involved! May this be the start of an industry change as well.

Great news. I'm happy to read this

Huzzah! Well done, Paizo, and congratulations to the UPW! This Union negotiator wishes the yet-to-be-elected bargaining team the best of luck with the next steps! (Personally, I’m fond of the Interest-Based Bargaining approach as a tool, but I’m sure you all have plenty of help from CWA in working out what suits your situation best.)

Broke the news to my friends. They canceled their subscriptions and pending orders the same day.

Now I don't know if I'm going to get to play Pathfinder anymore.

a) Your friends sure have some interesting opinions! It might pay for you to learn more about what they believe on a variety of topics about the welfare of other human beings, to make sure they are people who are actually going to be good friends. Sometimes you think you know people, and can count on them for anything, then they start posting about how your class of people is inherently worse than theirs (except you, of course! You're "one of the good ones"!)

b) Online works pretty well.

Ravingdork wrote:

Broke the news to my friends. They all canceled their subscriptions and pending orders the same day.

Now I don't know if I'm going to get to play Pathfinder anymore.

Why are your friends so opposed to the workers having power?

Why did they do this? Because one of the news articles covering the topic mentioned the company's intent to hire a "Diversity Officer." According to them "any company that cares more about getting a 'Diversity Officer' to promote affirmative action over skill, merit, and quality of content (because quality inevitably suffers when a company buys into the woke propaganda) is a company that doesn't deserve their financial patronage." Others said "It's a form of racism, and we don't give our money to people who support that nonsense." They possess the "Go woke go broke" mentality I guess.

Personally, I don't care about company politics (though I think companies should generally steer clear of it) and am waiting to see if the product quality really does plummet before deciding what to do with my own money. I might be forced out of the hobby regardless of my own desires though, since all my friends appear to be abandoning it in mass over these recent messes and the direction the company has been taking as a result.

Congrats everyone on your victory. I do so hope conditions improve for the hardworking staff at Paizo.

A big step forward. I'm proud to see the landscape changing is positive ways. I continue to be a fan and ally of the excellent creators and workers of Paizo. Recognizing and accepting this change in business will allow the company to grow as a whole.

Find some new friends who don't have a busted idea of labor politics.

Anyway.

LET'S GO PAIZO!

Ravingdork, why don't you play by post?

keftiu wrote:

Ravingdork wrote:

Broke the news to my friends. They all canceled their subscriptions and pending orders the same day.

Now I don't know if I'm going to get to play Pathfinder anymore.

Why are your friends so opposed to the workers having power?

Why did they do this? Because one of the news articles covering the topic mentioned the company's intent to hire a "Diversity Officer."

As mentioned elsewhere that was a demand of the freelancers, not the union nor Paizo, and has been dropped.

It also isn’t what the requested diversity officer was intended to do.

It was to cover some stuff that’s already happening in house in an ad-hoc way. More akin to a sensitivity reader, as I understood it (although presumably someone who would coordinate such things rather than do all of it themselves).

Ravingdork, why don't you play by post?

Mostly due to unreliability. I did it for about three years, and nearly every game was dead inside of a month. The longest was not more than three months.

As mentioned elsewhere that was a demand of the freelancers, not the union nor Paizo, and has been dropped.

That's great news (for us). I might be able to get them back on board with that.