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The video game industry has a reputation for working its developers extremely long hours, or what’s often referred to as “crunch.” Read the New York Times opinion piece titled “Video Games Are Destroying the People Who Make Them” by Jason Schreier.
Read attachment or look online at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/opinion/work-culture-video-games-crunch.html and answer the following questions.
Identify the health and safety hazards these employees are exposed to. Considering what we learned in Chapter 14 about workplace safety, including the Occupational Safety and Health Act, do you have any legal concerns about the health and safety hazards you identified? Why or why not?
Support for unionization efforts among video game developers has slowly increased in recent years. Considering what we learned in Chapter 13, do you think they would benefit from unionization? What are some pros and cons?
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