UNION UPDATE: tl;dr Dark Horse leadership is attempting to reduce union membership by claiming supervisory status for Senior Editors, who have never been allowed management roles. 🧵

Happy Labor Day from DHWU!

Thank You Comics Letterers!

Attendees are encouraged to dress up as their favorite heroes from comic books or elsewhere for a costume contest. Our Senior Editors are our heroes - we want to know who your heroes are!

Please join us in supporting our Senior Editors at Milwaukie Waterfront Park on August 3rd from 5pm to 6pm. Hear from the Senior Editors themselves, union members, and local leaders about the importance of protecting the labor rights of all our coworkers.

We, the unionized employees of Dark Horse Comics, reject this union-busting tactic. We demand that Dark Horse management respect the wishes of their Senior Editors and recognize them as members of DHWU at their current titles and salaries.

Dark Horse Comics’ beloved Senior Editors have insisted on joining our union, DHWU! In response, Dark Horse management has threatened the Senior Editors with a demotion and severe pay cut unless they accept supervisory status and abandon their union eligibility.

Rally with Dark Horse Workers United! DHWU is calling all supporters to join us for a rally at Milwaukie Waterfront Park on August 3rd from 5pm to 6pm. 🧵

DHWU will fight for our amazing senior editors, and we call on Dark Horse to join us in good faith negotiations. No more underhanded attempts to reduce our union membership. The herd stands strong!

As of now, Senior Editors are not supervisors, but Dark Horse is hoping to sidestep this by giving them supervisory responsibilities and acting as if they were there the whole time.

Our Senior Editors, who have collectively brought over 100 years of dedication to creating some of your favorite comics, are now in the crosshairs.

Since the Voluntary Recognition Agreement has been signed, DHWU has been working in good faith with Dark Horse Comics to take next steps toward contract negotiations—but that good faith has not been reciprocated.