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Yes, congratulations, you have discovered a page that offers context by describing things that have happened, on what seems to be a third party's website (and does not attribute these since-altered demands to the union, but to freelancers engaging in a work stoppage).
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You may want to check the last paragraph of the summary tab.
That is organized by the freelancer community. You can find the union statements here.
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Yes, that's exactly the paragraph I reference. Here let me diagram the paragraph for you.
Beginning September 16th, a united bloc of approximately 40 Paizo freelance writers, game designers, and adventure authors announced to management they would be refusing new contracts and in some cases withholding current work until improvements were made for employees. Demands included Paizo fill an HR position that was allowed to sit vacant and leave Paizo without HR for months; that non-warehouse staff be permitted to continue working from home during the pandemic, and that all non-warehouse staff are afforded the option to work remotely from outside Washington if they choose; that Paizo be fully transparent about all salary information; and that Paizo bring a full-time diversity consultant onto staff.
This is not the Union. This is a group of freelancers who are not doing work for hire until the issues they want resolved are resolved. The original list of demands there did contain the diversity consultant. They have not updated that page since (note that website is maintained by the freelancers, not by the Union). The union's site is here. The only demand made public on the union's page is to be recognized by the executive team so that they can start negotiating in good faith.
Jason Tondro went into more detail about the freelancer work stoppage on his twitter. The relevant part to this conversation is in this tweet.
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You may want to check the last paragraph of the summary tab.That is organized by the freelancer community. You can find the union statements here.
Thanks, arrived there from a link at the Union Paizo website, didn't realized it was a separate movement/ faction. I really should not post from my cellphone before before sleeping.
Humbly,
Yawar
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It will be interesting to see if the divide between the freelancers and the staff employees will remain or disappear as the union gains a foothold. It may be possible for the freelancers to be represented by the union which would conflate their desires. It is possible that the hiring of a diversity officer could become a demand of the union, though I agree that at the moment it is only a demand of the freelancers, separate from the union.
