#work strike

In 2023, during the third year of my Bachelor of Screen Arts degree at Massey University, I worked on a game project called 'Work Strike' with the games Creative Lead and Programmer Eden Lawless (or Rad Chad as he's known on YouTube) as the games Producer and Co-Writter.

Work Strike is a 2D fighting game set in Babylon Towers, an infinitely expanding eldritch entity of a morally corrupt company, where you play as a variety of workers/residents from the company, ranging from IT and maintenance workers, to samurai accountants, to a sentient vending machine with nothing but hate in it's heart.

I did the producing work for this project (managing the teams' schedules. paperwork, etc.) and helped with the character bios. These were shown off at the 2023 NZ Game Developers Conference, along with a demo of the game. Some of these were posted to an Instagram and Tumblr I made for the game.

Linked below is a video Eden made on the game, going into his inspiration for the game and his design choices when it came to game design.

Kaiser health workers on strike in Sacramento

Several health workers have been gathering around the South Sacramento Kaiser facility since Sept. 18th to strike a new contract Kaiser has generated. These people who have been surrounding the facility holding protest signs are stationary engineers, represented by the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 39. “Local 39 exists to provide for the general welfare of its members and to…

I'm not great at descriptions but I'll try to summerise the tiktok

Basically,on October 15th,there is a work strike plan,the goals being:

-20$ minimum wage

-12 weeks maternity leave

-Healthcare

-4 day work day

-environmental regulation (exemple,to stop the water from being on fire)

-25% corporate tax

This is mostly aimed at the USA,so if you are able to do not go to work on October 15th.

If a lot of people do it, it'll be a pretty hefty blow against corporate America and will show your solidarity against it.

Ok so the bus Strike went on for four days on the Thursday they had an all day negotiating session and came out with a contract that both parties agreed upon. Now the contract still has to be read and voted on by the union members but the drivers said they would resume services until the vote. 

Even though there was some giving on both side I hope it was something the union members can live with…

Update from Alabama: 3-Part Plan of Action

Full article Posted on July 25, 2016 by FREE ALABAMA MOVEMENT Free Alabama Movement is planning activities around our Three-Point Plan of Action for the remainder of 2016. We will be promoting this plan in conjunction with preparations for the September 9 Attica Anniversary Protest events around the country. The three points derive from some of the main issues that are contributing factors to…