haven’t seen anyone else mention this here but seven seas is unionizing. there’s been a lot of discussion of the problems with the official eng tl of the mxtx books and it seems at least somewhat likely that the work environment described in the full statement has something to do with the state of the final product. anyways, regardless of what media properties 7S distributes that you’re familiar with, this is a huge step for a publishing/distribution/TL house and i hope other workplaces facing similar issues in the industry are able to follow suit
Oh hey, it’s my day job!
Hi everyone following me because I wrote a book you like: I’ve also possibly edited books you like. The editorial team and I do our damnedest to turn out products to the best of our ability within the constraints set upon us, but, well, unions happen for reasons, now don’t they.
I won’t be commenting publicly on a number of things – keep an eye out for interviews the union’s been taking from a variety of publications – so suffice to say, I’d love to see some support from our readers. We do the work for the books and we do it for you.
If you haven’t heard, our union twitter announced some disappointing news this morning:
[Screenshot of post from United Workers of Seven Seas Twitter account: “Our employer, Seven Seas Entertainment (@gomanga) has hired the union-busting firm Ogletree Deakins.”]
It was disheartening enough to know that they’d opted not to voluntarily recognize us, but learning who had been hired to represent Seven Seas was, let’s say, the start of a bad weekend.
[Screenshot of post from United Workers of Seven Seas Twitter account: “It’s embarrassing that @gomanga would rather pay Joe Arpaio’s fave legal firm than recognize our union. There’s still time for leadership to reverse course and work w/ us in good faith to negotiate a contract for fair wages, industry-standard benefits, and freelancer protections.”]
In short, we wish a number of different choices had been made, but we will continue to hope that upper management chooses a new strategy in better faith.
In the meantime, please continue to support UW7S and other unions as we push for worker’s rights and strive to save our ship. We do this work for the books and we do it for readers, and we’d like to be able to do it for as long as possible.
I’m guessing a bunch of you have come from that United Workers of Seven Seas (UW7S) post. We appreciate all the solidarity we can get, especially as, as of yesterday (5/26/22) management has decided not to take the high road and voluntarily recognize us.
While we are sure we have the support to win an election (a full 30 of 41 eligible employees are publicly committed to our cause), it’s disappointing not to be acknowledged for the consensus we’ve already come to.
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I probably won’t be speaking much about my actual work at 7S, especially not without touching base with the union first, but I’m happy to answer questions re: editorial practice with translated work now and again.
I’m a little more at liberty to speak freely about my own work, such as with STAR WARS: RONIN (my queer little contribution to the Visions project) and THE ARCHIVE UNDYING (my queer little original debut abt funny-sad gays and equally funny-sad giant robots dragged screaming toward revolution). Though I won’t be around much while I’m drafting the sequel to the latter. Brain tired.
If you haven’t heard, our union twitter announced some disappointing news this morning:
[Screenshot of post from United Workers of Seven Seas Twitter account: “Our employer, Seven Seas Entertainment (@gomanga) has hired the union-busting firm Ogletree Deakins.”]
It was disheartening enough to know that they’d opted not to voluntarily recognize us, but learning who had been hired to represent Seven Seas was, let’s say, the start of a bad weekend.
[Screenshot of post from United Workers of Seven Seas Twitter account: “It’s embarrassing that @gomanga would rather pay Joe Arpaio’s fave legal firm than recognize our union. There’s still time for leadership to reverse course and work w/ us in good faith to negotiate a contract for fair wages, industry-standard benefits, and freelancer protections.”]
In short, we wish a number of different choices had been made, but we will continue to hope that upper management chooses a new strategy in better faith.
In the meantime, please continue to support UW7S and other unions as we push for worker’s rights and strive to save our ship. We do this work for the books and we do it for readers, and we’d like to be able to do it for as long as possible.
I’m guessing a bunch of you have come from that United Workers of Seven Seas (UW7S) post. We appreciate all the solidarity we can get, especially as, as of yesterday (5/26/22) management has decided not to take the high road and voluntarily recognize us.
While we are sure we have the support to win an election (a full 30 of 41 eligible employees are publicly committed to our cause), it’s disappointing not to be acknowledged for the consensus we’ve already come to.
–
I probably won’t be speaking much about my actual work at 7S, especially not without touching base with the union first, but I’m happy to answer questions re: editorial practice with translated work now and again.
I’m a little more at liberty to speak freely about my own work, such as with STAR WARS: RONIN (my queer little contribution to the Visions project) and THE ARCHIVE UNDYING (my queer little original debut abt funny-sad gays and equally funny-sad giant robots dragged screaming toward revolution). Though I won’t be around much while I’m drafting the sequel to the latter. Brain tired.
