Sega of America workers have voted to ratify their first collectively-bargained agreement with the video game company’s U.S. business, allowing for new protections and pay increases for roughly 150 full-time and temporary staff, Polygon’s Michael McWhertor and Nicole Carpenter report. Employees in the union, known as Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega, won key concessions from the “Sonic the Hedgehog” maker as part of the deal, including base-building raises for all workers, layoff protections, and a pledge to credit people on games they’ve worked on, the authors note.
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