Wild how a completely ununionized industry continues to have wild abuse of its employees and no real job security - even for the "stable" workers. Weird how that happens, right? Wild how the biggest company is based out of a state with strong union laws, yet...

#UnionizeComics.

When I conducted my comic book worker study last year, the biggest theme was that workers across the board get raw deals from publishers... My major recommendation moving forward was for workers to unionize. Did that happen? *gestures around at everything*

Frankly... It's really hard to advocate for a workforce that won't even publically advocate for themselves.

Staying docile won't keep you from getting the axe. Staying nice won't save your career from shit like this.

When is it finally going to be enough for the workers to act?

In the past two years, I've seen:
- highly respected comics workers crowdfund medical expenses (some even passed away)
- majority-white publishers terminate award winning POC staff
- MULTIPLE CONCURRENT SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDALS
- MULTIPLE HIGH PROFILE INCIDENCES OF RACISM
+ others

This list doesn't even scratch the surface of the issues in the industry.

How much abuse is too much?

When is comics finally going to say that enough is enough?

The time to unionize was yesterday.

For those who care, The IWW has a printing and publishing union that extends coverage into comics. Membership starts at $6/month with a small enrollment fee of $6.

Also, Writers Guild of America offers health insurance to its members, and extends coverage into comics.

Muting this thread to save my inbox.

Why? I'm not debating unionization in the comments again. We've played that game on multiple occasions and you can find my opinion on most of these things tagged under #UnionizeComics.

Comics should unionize. I don't care how it happens.