Tech and game employees are coming together at companies across the country to create workplace change. We understand that professionals in these industries want the companies they work for to thrive, and know their voices are essential to continued success. By joining together in union, tech and game professionals can make sure their companies’ cultures are welcoming and positive to inspire innovation and growth.
IFPTE members know the value of new ideas and innovation. However, innovation can only occur in a work environment where employees have a voice and are free to propose new ideas. As union members, tech and I.T. professionals can help their companies continue to succeed by facilitating communication and cooperation with management to share in their achievements.
The skills, knowledge, and time professionals invest contributes to their organizations’ success. The pay and benefits that tech and game professionals receive should reflect this. Employees in the tech and I.T. industries can achieve real gains in compensation and earn a fair return on their work by joining together.
Decisions made through opaque processes without employee input create suspicion, foster skepticism, and hinder productivity. By coming together and using their collective voice, I.T. and tech professionals can establish open and fair processes for how decisions are made in order to better their workplaces.
By standing together, tech and game professionals can improve compensation, increase workplace transparency, and cultivate innovation.
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A group of employees who come together to negotiate with their employer over their wages, benefits, and working conditions. The employees are the union—they democratically elect their coworkers who oversee their union’s affairs and conduct negotiations with their employer. Unlike associations, employees in unions have the legal right to negotiate collectively with their employers.
Collective bargaining is the formal process employees in unions and their employers use to negotiate the terms and conditions of work—including wages, benefits, and working conditions. Similar to the contracts CEOs have that guarantee their pay, benefits, and other conditions of employment, the terms agreed upon during collective bargaining are solidified in a contract called the collective bargaining agreement. Collective bargaining agreements are commonly referred to as union contracts.
Many tech and game professionals are highly skilled, but have very little input in how their companies operate and how they do their work. We understand that tech and game employees face unique and specialized issues at work, and know that by working together they can create effective solutions. By forming a union, tech and I.T. professionals can empower themselves as individuals and build the collective voice they need to tackle their shared challenges.
