This is over 150 employees at Riot Games doing a walkout to protest forced Arbitrations. This is the first walkout to ever occur in the video game industry.
My dad is a lawyer and has been extremely vocal about these arbitration clauses. Trial by jury is a constitutional right and companies are abusing your right to waive said trial when they force people who want jobs, buy cars, open bank accounts etc. Currently it gives corporations complete legal control over your ability to seek reperations.
This is literally the same thing as the fight for our second amendment rights but no one is aware of how damaging these clauses actually are to our freedoms.
It's great to see this getting coverage and I hope this helps bring light to the injustice all Americans are being forced into.
Worsfold83 on May 7th, 2019 at 02:09 UTC »
My dad is a lawyer and has been extremely vocal about these arbitration clauses. Trial by jury is a constitutional right and companies are abusing your right to waive said trial when they force people who want jobs, buy cars, open bank accounts etc. Currently it gives corporations complete legal control over your ability to seek reperations.
This is literally the same thing as the fight for our second amendment rights but no one is aware of how damaging these clauses actually are to our freedoms.
It's great to see this getting coverage and I hope this helps bring light to the injustice all Americans are being forced into.
duyisawesome on May 7th, 2019 at 04:11 UTC »
Still blows my mind how Riot has 2000 employees but only have 1 fucking game.
BaronVonLazercorn on May 7th, 2019 at 05:50 UTC »
Not the first. Crytek employees had a walkout in 2014. Eugen had an employee strike last year.
Source: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-07-04-staff-walkout-at-crytek-uk-over-unpaid-wages-report https://www.pcgamer.com/the-eugen-systems-strike-is-over-but-the-battle-rages-on/