Jason Schreier

And you come up with what's called a contract. And the contract, the collective bargaining agreement, or CBA, that is the power of the union. That is what says, you cannot lay people off unless this, this, and this. Or you must give us a cost of living raise increase every single year of this percent. That's the power of the union. And we haven't seen a ton of examples of that happening just yet.

So I'm very curious to see if, for example, the World of Warcraft team gets a contract and talks about it online, and it turns out it's got a whole bunch of really cool perks that really makes their lives better. Then you could see other teams at Blizzard saying, hey, we want that too. We should also organize. So that, I think, will be a big test of the unionization effort.

So I'm very curious to see if, for example, the World of Warcraft team gets a contract and talks about it online, and it turns out it's got a whole bunch of really cool perks that really makes their lives better. Then you could see other teams at Blizzard saying, hey, we want that too. We should also organize. So that, I think, will be a big test of the unionization effort.

in the video game industry. And unions, by the way, cannot prevent layoffs from happening. They can provide protections. A union contract can say, hey, if you're going to lay people off, you need to come to us and say, we'll negotiate buyouts first, voluntary buyouts. Or you need to give X amount of severance if you lay people off. That's the sort of thing that a union can do.

in the video game industry. And unions, by the way, cannot prevent layoffs from happening. They can provide protections. A union contract can say, hey, if you're going to lay people off, you need to come to us and say, we'll negotiate buyouts first, voluntary buyouts. Or you need to give X amount of severance if you lay people off. That's the sort of thing that a union can do.

A union cannot say you can never lay people off because no company will ever agree to that in a contract.

A union cannot say you can never lay people off because no company will ever agree to that in a contract.

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No, just check out Play Nice. It's in stores. You can get it wherever. And, yeah, people can find me on Bloomberg or my podcast, Triple Click, or...

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Yeah, man. Well, thanks so much for having me, Scott.

Yeah, man. Well, thanks so much for having me, Scott.

Hello, Timothy. Thank you so much.

Hello, Timothy. Thank you so much.

Having me on once again. It's good to be back here.

Having me on once again. It's good to be back here.

I am in San Francisco because tonight, Tuesday tonight, I am doing an event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, which is about 40 minutes south of where we are now. So if anyone out there is in the Bay Area, come check it out. There are some people down there. Yeah, come check it out. That could be interesting. I'm going a little early.

I am in San Francisco because tonight, Tuesday tonight, I am doing an event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, which is about 40 minutes south of where we are now. So if anyone out there is in the Bay Area, come check it out. There are some people down there. Yeah, come check it out. That could be interesting. I'm going a little early.

I'm going to get a tour of the Computer History Museum because apparently it's awesome. So I'm excited for that. And yeah, then I'll be speaking tonight. So come say hi.