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Omaha Steve

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Mon Nov 1, 2021, 06:35 PM Nov 2021

IMAGE COMICS' WORKERS UNIONIZE AND FORM COMIC BOOK WORKERS UNITED


https://graphicpolicy.com/2021/11/01/image-comics-workers-unionize-and-form-comic-book-workers-united/

Comic Book Workers United is a new unionization effort by Image Comics‘ employees represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

In a series of Tweets the organization said:

For years, comics publishing workers have watched our professional efforts support creators and delight readers.

Sadly, we have also watched that same labor be taken for granted at best and exploited at worst. Keeping our heads above water was the new normal before the pandemic and since its onset we have been expected to take on even larger workloads with fewer resources.

Our workforce, and the comic book and publishing industry as a whole, is overtaxed and undervalued.

This is detrimental not only to general staff but also to the creators we are paid to serve and the audiences they in turn work to entertain.

Our labor is integral to the comic book industry. It requires specialized skills, dedication, and makes quality publishing possible.

FULL story at link above.


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IMAGE COMICS' WORKERS UNIONIZE AND FORM COMIC BOOK WORKERS UNITED (Original Post) Omaha Steve Nov 2021 OP
Good. canuckledragger Nov 2021 #1

canuckledragger

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1. Good.
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 08:09 PM
Nov 2021

Todd McFarlane always struck me as the opinionated, abusive, controlling asshole that he tried to paint Marvel as.

Love his work, but he's still an asshole.

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