Dark Horse Comics Voluntarily Recognizes Employee Union
Dark Horse becomes the third major U.S. comic publisher to voluntarily recognize a CWA-affiliated union, following Image Comics and Seven Seas Entertainment, in a period of industry-wide labor organizing.
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Dark Horse Comics has voluntarily recognized Dark Horse Workers United, a union formed by its employees and affiliated with the Communications Workers of America. The union, which includes workers from the publisher and its Things From Another World retail stores, cited layoffs, wage freezes, and return-to-office policies as reasons for organizing. The company's interim CEO said the voluntary recognition is an unusual step meant to signal a new approach to labor relations.
Dark Horse Comics announced Wednesday that it will voluntarily recognize Dark Horse Workers United, a union formed by employees of the publisher and its Things From Another World retail chain. The union, affiliated with the Communications Workers of America, formed on May 27 and had given the company until June 3 to voluntarily recognize it or face an NLRB election. Interim CEO Jay Komas said the decision is an unusual one for employers but reflects the company's intent to bargain in good faith under new leadership.
The union cited recent layoffs, a wage and hiring freeze, leadership changes, the emergence of artificial intelligence, and return-to-office policies as reasons for organizing. Dark Horse is the third U.S. comic publisher to form a CWA-affiliated union, after Image Comics and Seven Seas Entertainment. Abrams Books and its Abrams ComicArts division also unionized in 2025 under a different affiliate, UAW Local 2110.
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