Drawn & Quarterly is the latest comic publisher to unionize. Employees voted earlier this fall to unionize under the Fédération du commerce (FC–CSN) of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN). They have now been certified by the Administrative Labor Tribunal (TAT) of Quebec.

Serge Monette, vice-president of the Fédération du commerce (FC–CSN) said in the announcement:

We welcome the workers of Drawn & Quarterly. The Federation is proud to welcome such a committed group among its ranks. They make Drawn and Quarterly the essential institutions that they are.

The press announcement was rather positive, praising Drawn & Quarterly for its “dedication to compensating artists above current industry standards.” Also noted by the union is D&Q empowering its employees to help make “substantive decisions that impact the selection of titles published and stocked, the event programming, the retail experience at both bookstore locations, and their local, national, and international community of readers.”

Also mentioned in the release was improvement in paths to promotion for assistants, salaries that sustain the staff and improved benefits.

This is the latest successful unionization effort in the entertainment industry. Beyond recent action by SAG-AFTRA and the WGA in film and television, Marvel VFX workers voted unanimously to unionize in September, employees of Seven Seas Entertainment unionized in June 2022 and ratified its first contract in September 2023, and the Comic Book Workers United ratified its first union contract in March 2023 after voting to unionize in January 2022.