United Wizards of the Coast - CWA

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We won our UWOTC-CWA union election!

Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected. 

From this day forward, we have a union! To the thousands who signed our petition letter, the journalists who let us tell our own story, every person who reached out with words of encouragement, our stewards at the CWA who helped guide us, we cannot thank you enough for your support.

We stand on the shoulders of giants, and we can only hope that our victory in turn inspires others to start unionizing at their own workplaces. Change is possible when workers stand together!

We hope to share good news of a ratified contract with all of you soon.

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Why are we, the workers of Magic the Gathering: Arena (MTGA), working with the Communications Workers of America (CWA)? CWA has been of great assistance as we’re getting started, but the union consists of the workers of MTGA.

CWA is well practiced in organizing unions and they’re here to advise, represent, and support us in our campaign. Our CWA advisors have also been a great resource as we, the MTGA workers, decide how best to move forward with our campaign!

CWA provides a common framework and resources for workers establishing unions across a diverse set of industries. Several companies in the gaming industry have already unionized with the help of the CWA, including Paizo, Microsoft and Blizzard, Heart Machine, and more.

Some of the industries biggest games are union represented with CWA. That said — we, the workers of MTGA, came together to form this union. Ultimately it will be us deciding democratically what issues are most important to us when we sit at the bargaining table.

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UWOTC-CWA is seeking transparency and consistency in career progression and pay for Arena employees. Leadership has continued to acknowledge

Career progression and pay is an important issue for UWOTC-CWA members. Every employee deserves to have clearly defined performance metrics, reliable expectations for pay, and a clear path forward in their career growth.

Leadership has continued to acknowledge a backlog in deserved promotions, yet only a few people are promoted each year. High-performing employees are put in the position of continuously proving that they exceed the expectations of their role.

This results in people working above their level for years without due compensation or recognition. UWOTC-CWA is seeking transparency and consistency in career progression and pay for all Arena employees, and we look forward to discussing this at the bargaining table after we secure union representation 

We all enjoy working at WOTC and want to continue doing so for years to come!

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UWOTC-CWA is seeking job protections to enable workers to continue having the choice to work remotely. Hasbro leadership has been mandating

As our union election nears, we want to provide more details around the issues that our coworkers and members have expressed as important to them. 

The ongoing RTO mandate from Hasbro was a major issue that brought many people into the union. Over the past 5 years MTGA has operated almost entirely remote as the company continues to celebrate record profits. The RTO push is a needless effort from out of touch executives that would force people to uproot their lives and put undo harm on our coworkers and friends.

UWOTC-CWA is seeking to enable our members to continue operating in a manner we have proven works year after year. Read more about our concerns in our website post

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Tell Wizards of the Coast to Recognize Our Union!

The workers at Magic The Gathering: Arena have voted overwhelmingly to form the union: United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC)! We are

Since the announcement of our union, Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro have hired Fisher Phillips (a union avoidance firm), and chosen to engage in a daily union-avoidance campaign by sending emails to the Arena team that is spreading misinformation and sowing fear among our colleagues.

Instead of voluntarily recognizing our union, they've forced us into a redundant and drawn-out election process, rather than listening to the overwhelming majority of employees who signed our initial letter to management.

WOTC and Hasbro can still voluntarily recognize our union at any point up to the NLRB election. We encourage you to sign our letter of support, and make your voice heard.

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We’re pleased to share that UWOTC-CWA has a scheduled election date! While WOTC still has the chance to voluntarily recognize our union before then we're looking forward to voting and winning recognition of our union.

If you haven't yet, please sign our petition at cwa.org/uwotcletter to encourage WOTC to voluntarily recognize our union. As we work towards our election, we’ll be posting regularly and breaking down common myths about our union (and unions in general!)

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In our letter to management this past Monday, we called on Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro to take the high road and voluntarily recognize our union by Friday, May 1st. That deadline has now come and gone, with no direct response from the company. Management claims to be committed to ensuring every person is heard, valued, and supported. However, when we spoke up about our desire to unionize, they responded only to the press.

We still maintain that the success of our union is inevitable. The company has witnessed the tremendous outpouring of support and positive attention that our campaign has received from the public and the press. They have received our voluntary recognition letter with the names of a super-majority of the Arena team. We are confident that we are going to win recognition of this union; it's only a question of time. We look forward now towards the NLRB election, which we expect to be held within the coming weeks.

We want to thank all of our supporters for the incredible show of solidarity we've received from the wider Magic community. More than 30,000 people have already signed our public petition calling on Wizards of the Coast to recognize our union. We've heard so many messages of support from players, influencers, content creators, and more. Please keep up the pressure and continue urging WOTC and Hasbro to do the right thing; they can still choose to voluntarily recognize our union any time before the impending election.

If you haven't already, head to cwa.org/uwotcletter and add your name. With the workers and the fans standing united, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish!

While we're disappointed in this delay, together we remain strong in our convictions. We look forward to sitting down at the bargaining table so we can make Arena better for workers, for Wizards, and for our players.

"Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong! " -Union Anthem, Ralph Chaplin

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In our letter to management this past Monday, we called on Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro to take the high road and voluntarily recognize our union by Friday, May 1st. That deadline has now come and gone, with no direct response from the company. Management claims to be committed to ensuring every person is heard, valued, and supported. However, when we spoke up about our desire to unionize, they responded only to the press.

We still maintain that the success of our union is inevitable. The company has witnessed the tremendous outpouring of support and positive attention that our campaign has received from the public and the press. They have received our voluntary recognition letter with the names of a super-majority of the Arena team. We are confident that we are going to win recognition of this union; it's only a question of time. We look forward now towards the NLRB election, which we expect to be held within the coming weeks.

We want to thank all of our supporters for the incredible show of solidarity we've received from the wider Magic community. More than 30,000 people have already signed our public petition calling on Wizards of the Coast to recognize our union. We've heard so many messages of support from players, influencers, content creators, and more. Please keep up the pressure and continue urging WOTC and Hasbro to do the right thing; they can still choose to voluntarily recognize our union any time before the impending election.

If you haven't already, head to cwa.org/uwotcletter and add your name. With the workers and the fans standing united, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish!

While we're disappointed in this delay, together we remain strong in our convictions. We look forward to sitting down at the bargaining table so we can make Arena better for workers, for Wizards, and for our players.

"Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong! " -Union Anthem, Ralph Chaplin

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Happy International Workers' Day!

Today is International Workers’ Day. It is also the day we hope to hear from Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro on whether they will take the h

Today is International Workers’ Day. It is also the day we hope to hear from Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro on whether they will take the high road, do the right thing, and demonstrate their stated values of caring about the workers as the lifeblood of the company by voluntarily recognizing our union. 

We have been blown away by the outpouring of public support we have received. As of this morning we have over 30,000 signatures of support on our petition. We are so thankful to every single person who signed, every person who shared our petition and all those who lent their voices in videos, posts, and comments to amplify our cause. 

If you’re attending MagicCon Vegas this weekend and want to show your support, we encourage you to wear something red on Saturday in solidarity with UWOTC-CWA! If you aren't able to make it to MagicCon, send us a picture of yourself wearing red through any of our socials to show your support from anywhere in the world. And of course, please make sure to sign our petition if you haven't already at https://cwa.org/uwotcletter! 

While WOTC and Hasbro will still have the option to voluntarily recognize us at any time before an NLRB election, we have already established we have a super-majority of employees committed to our cause. Arena workers have shown that we want this, and recognizing our union is the best way to foster a workplace where every voice feels heard, valued, and supported.

We strongly encourage that Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro leadership demonstrate their dedication to having a direct relationship with their employees by voluntarily recognizing our union before the close of business today, International Workers’ Day. Commit to meeting us at the bargaining table in good faith, hearing our voices, and finding a better path forward together.

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Hi Tumblr!!! Your voice really matters right now! If you would like show your support, join us in requesting that Wizards and Hasbro voluntarily recognize our union by signing our petition at https://cwa.org/uwotcletter !

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Announcing United Wizards of the Coast - CWA

Hello World, we’d like to introduce ourselves. We the workers of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team have come together to unionize as United Wizards of the Coast - CWA!

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We are game makers, storytellers, artists, and creative technicians, and we are passionate about the work we do.

However, to continue creating games that you, the players, enjoy, the reality is that we must change how we are treated as employees by Hasbro & Wizards of the Coast.

Unionizing, in partnership with Communication Workers of American CWA, is how we ensure better protections, compensation, and a seat at the table for the future of the game we have made successful.

Hit the link for our full statement, other socials, ways to contact UWOTC reps, and more.

Together we will build the games industry we want to see. Support by sharing our posts, celebrating our work, & calling on Hasbro & WOTC to voluntarily recognize our union!

United Wizards of the Coast is the union of workers behind Magic: The Gathering Arena, organizing in partnership with the Communications Wor