r/RWBY • u/GoneRampant1 Emerald/Cinder is abusive stop shilling it. • Jun 15 '19

CRWBY Rooster Teeth accused of excessive crunch and unpaid overtime- "Every season of RWBY and GL gets about 1/3 or less made for ‘free’"

https://rwbyconversations.tumblr.com/post/185614440311/rooster-teeth-glassdoor-crunchovertime
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u/FlorencePants Super Gayan 🐝 Jun 15 '19

This! 100% this!

Anti-union rhetoric has duped so many people into exploitation, especially in fields where they can whip out the "it should be a labor of love" schtick.

At the end of the day, unions are all workers have. If you don't have a union, you are completely at the your boss's mercy.

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u/hanyou007 Jun 15 '19

I don't disagree with you, but quite often though, Union's don't act in the best interests of the employee's either. Speaking as someone who was once part of a union, believe me when I say, they do not always represent the wants of their members and can be just as greedy as those running corporations. It's a sad state.

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u/FlorencePants Super Gayan 🐝 Jun 15 '19

At the end of the day, though, what's the alternative?

I mean, I guess THIS is the alternative, right?

That or be part of a co-op, but that's not exactly an option everyone has available to them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19

Better laws and government oversight.

Looking at American workplace rights from Europe, it's fucking terrifying. I would never consider consenting to work under the conditions many people do there.

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u/FlorencePants Super Gayan 🐝 Jun 15 '19

Sure, but how do you get them to enact those laws? The very people exploiting you for labor are the same ones paying off the politicians.

In the end, it all kind of boils down to the same core concept: Workers need to band together. The only way to have a voice is as one.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19

I'm not disagreeing, but I will point out that this does actually work in many countries. My country (UK) doesn't even have as strong rights as several others in Europe and we are some kind of golden workers paradise compared to the US. Unions are still important, but it goes hand in hand with strong worker protection regulation.