Earlier this week, the employees of Image Comics introduced the formation of the Comic Book Workers United, a unionization effort pushing for plenty of important adjustments within the office associated to fairness, accessibility, and transparency inside the firm. Along with an inventory of targets and causes for unionizing, CBWU additionally publicly shared its request that Image Comics voluntarily acknowledge it and start talks about hammering out a contract that might be a primary for the business.

Though Image was initially reluctant to touch upon CBWU’s formation and whether or not it will acknowledge the union, the corporate subsequently stated in a press release that it has “always believed in the fair and equitable treatment of staff and has always strived to support employees” to the perfect of its potential. The most easy and speedy step Image may take to assist its staff and their determination to develop into a union store could be to easily acknowledge the union, and begin speaking in good religion with the bargaining committee.

Instead, although, Image has opted to carry the National Labor Relations Board in as a 3rd occasion. In a press release supplied to Motherboard, Image defined that it want to maintain a secret poll vote overseen by the NLRB to find out whether or not the Communications Workers of America union ought to signify them.

“Earlier this week, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) filed a representation petition with the National Labor Relations Board asking to hold a secret-ballot election so that eligible members of the Image Comics office staff can determine if they want the CWA to represent them in their employment with Image,” Image stated. “The NLRB is currently reviewing that petition to determine when that election will be held, where it will take place, and who can vote.”

When io9 spoke with CBWU earlier this week by way of electronic mail concerning the push to prepare, it stated that Image had not but been in direct contact about voluntary recognition. CBWU hoped, nonetheless, that Image will come round to seeing issues from its perspective.

“We are asking Image to voluntarily recognize our union and encourage our supporters to please ask them to do the same,” CBWU stated. “The outpouring of support so far has been terrific, but some people may think that this is all over already. It’s only just begun.”

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