Johanna Weststar
@jweststar
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Associate Professor of Industrial Relations and Human Resources. Interested in game worker organizing, project-based work and workplace citizenship
London, ON
Joined March 2011
Check out the latest Commons podcast episode about the formation of a video game workers union in Canada https://t.co/AZufWgSNAH
canadaland.com
This is the story of Canada’s first-ever video game union. And the lengths that the industry went to try to stop it in its tracks
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Super excited to share this @NPR podast about working conditions in #gamedevelopment
npr.org
Employees at video game companies are known for working long hours to meet product launch deadlines. This pressure, known in the industry as crunch, has only gotten more intense as games have grown...
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UWOFA Beats outside Senate today supporting GTAs 🥁📢We have their backs because they have ours! @PSAC610 @WesternU @westernuProvost
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PSAC 610 Solidarity "cookie pies" at @WesternU Academic Senate today. I hope the GTAs get more than crumbs. @westernuProvost @PSAC610 @uwofa1 @ldnlabour @OFLabour @OCUFA @CAUT_ACPPU
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Very excited to be participating in the Hallway Tracks conversation "You Deserve a Union" to talk about tech worker organizing this Thursday 26 October 2023 2:30pm Pacific | 5:30pm Eastern | 10:30pm London Space is limited! https://t.co/EUUbzjEAkF
verylittlegravitas.com
Small groups. Impromptu conversations. Interesting people. A free, ad-hoc series of gatherings, held just after an interesting discussion, for about an hour, on Zoom.
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Great day spent marching and singing with @uwofa1 Librarians and Archivists. One day left for senior administration to #avertastrike @WesternU
@westernuProvost
Librarians and Archivists along with @PSAC610 @OCUFA @westernsogs @CAUT_ACPPU and many supporters rallied on UC Hill at @WesternU today demanding a fair deal before the October 4 strike deadline.
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@austzw @canbatili1 @SamKaplun @western_ndp @uwofa1 @WesternU There will be a solidarity rally on Monday October 2 on UC Hill, starting at noon. Join UWOFA, along with @PSAC610 @Ldn_Labour Council & other allies -- help spread the word! @westernulibs Librarians & Archivists need a fair deal NOW in order to avert another #StrikeAtWestern!
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6 days left to strike and the port-a-potties have made it to campus! They have been installed in preparation for a possible strike action! You can help avert a strike. Go to https://t.co/ovP8G5wqPP.
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5 days to strike! Picket captains are ready to go after today's training. Great show of support and solidarity from @PSAC610, @opseu125, and IUOE Local 772. You can help avert a strike @WesternU. Support your Librarians and Archivists go to https://t.co/ovP8G5wqPP.
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#westernhoco alumni and students were shocked at the 900:1 student to librarian and archivist ratio @WesternU. We need more. Help us avert a strike on Oct 4 https://t.co/2ZHhUDWSUl
#ontlab @uwofa1
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Help avert a #StrikeAtWestern in #LndOnt by sending & sharing an email demanding more Librarians and Archivists @westernU! @uwofa1 has 2 important bargaining goals: increasing the number of L&As and a fair monetary package. #ONPSE #ONlab
https://t.co/5mZkDxD1rS
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Lots of great support at #westernhoco Mustangs want more librarians and archivists! @uwofa1 @westernu
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@jweststar and Louis-Étienne Dubois use labour process theory to critique the impact of adaptation servitization in the digital game industry. Read their article “From Crunch to Grind” #OpenAccess
https://t.co/MuRaXzLkz0
journals.sagepub.com
The digital game industry has embraced servitization – a strategic orientation toward customer centricity in production-based firms – to deeply monetize digital...
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15 Ways the Auditor's Report on The Greenbelt investigation reeks of Corruption! We demand: - @fordnation & housing minister @SteveClarkPC : Resign now. - Affordable housing for all, not backroom deals for billionaires. - Reverse the Greenbelt decision, restore &
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Send a letter to the Lakehead University Administration. Add your voice and tell them to uphold collegial and democratic decision-making:
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It's election day in Alberta! The momentum is building to elect a worker-friendly government to end the chaos and instability of Danielle Smith's UCP. Find out everything you need to cast your ballot today at https://t.co/FS6SrKffKQ
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Calling all game industry workers! The 2023 Developer Satisfaction Survey is LIVE NOW https://t.co/LFQcalmxAa Add your voice! @IGDA @TheFirst3Years #gamedev #gamedesign
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