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Hasbro, Inc. is an American toy and board game company that also produces and publishes games and entertainment brands.
… "Unions are the missing counterweight to protect our craft." The push to unionize was triggered back in 2023 following mass Hasbro layoffs that affected nearly 2,000 workers, software engineers told Kotaku . …
… Unions are the missing counterweight to protect our craft.” Hasbro has carried out multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years, including cuts to roughly 1,100 jobs in December 2023 and 800 more earlier that year. More recently, in June 2025, Hasbro also laid off an additional 150 employees . …
… Related Magic: The Gathering Arena developers seek to unionize at Wizards of the Coast More than 100 developers behind Arena are pushing for protections around layoffs, remote work, and AI “We have received the filing and are reviewing it carefully,” Hasbro said in a statement provided after the un… …
… "We call on Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast to voluntarily recognize our union and to publicly commit to remaining neutral during our unionization efforts—not just toward the MTG Arena team, but to all Hasbro employees and unionization efforts, present and future," continues the letter. …
… Given that the letter has only just gone live, Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast have yet to respond to the request for voluntary recognition. …
… Unions are the missing counterweight to protect our craft." Speaking to Kotaku , MTG Arena senior software engineers Valentine Powell and Neil White pointed to this union push was sparked by mass layoffs at Hasbro back in 2023, as well as concerns over a return to office policy in the wake of those… …
Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro have missed the deadline to voluntarily recognise a union formed by Magic: The Gathering Arena developers . …
… The most important concerns were AI, unpaid forced overtime, and layoffs. The union set a deadline of Friday, May 1, for Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast to respond and voluntarily recognize the union rather than going through official proceedings. …