As far as I can tell, TCGplayer has a workers union, but management has never been happy about it. This week I’ve been seeing some alarming social media posts - made it sound like management had literally brought in the Pinktertons to rough up the employees during their breaks. That seems far fetched, does anyone have any credible sources for what’s going on?

Best I could find was this article on MSN, which simply states they’re closing the union facility entirely & relocating it to another state: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/economy/union-accuses-ebay-of-closing-tcgplayer-office-in-syracuse-to-keep-the-company-union-free/ar-AA1FlJ06

Here’s a more sensationalized article: https://www.valueaddedresource.net/ebay-tcgplayer-union-layoff/

  • MikeMA
    3·
    2 days ago

    Some more info here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7zWhqVO5AE

    This is pretty insane. Ebay moving the grading to Kentucky to effectively kill off the union that the Syracuse team formed. At this point there is an effective monopoly on trading card sales, it doesn’t even seem possible to start a competitor anymore.

  • EvuEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    Just minutes after the closure announcement took place, dozens of unidentified security guards entered the building, watching doors, following workers into breakrooms and watching restrooms, and using physical force against workers.

    Stories like this have been in the news an alarming amount recently. And every time I hear one I think, how is this different from being robbed? Like… a bunch of tough guys you don’t know come into your workplace and start ordering you around. And you have to make a snap judgment about whether they’re a crew of burglars who bought some convincing-looking uniforms, or whether your employer has abruptly decided to entrust some goons they’ve never met with their corporate assets. And the stakes are pretty high if you guess wrong.