11
Kickstarter workers vote to unionize

Kickstarter workers vote to unionize

4 years ago
Anonymous $-riAjkQg_1

https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/18/kickstarter-workers-vote-to-unionize/

Kickstarter today announced that its staff has decided to unionize. The move reflects a broader movement for worker representation among tech employees. The site joins a growing list of companies whose staff and/or contractors have expressed public interest in unionizing, including Spin, Instacart and Pittsburgh-based Google technical workers, along with media outlets like BuzzFeed and Vox.

The decision, which was approved through a 46 to 37 vote, comes on the heels of pushback from Kickstarter leadership. As noted in a piece published by Vice late last year, CEO Aziz Hassan called employees’ push to unionize “inherently adversarial” in a letter to staff, adding:

Last Seen
56 minutes ago
Reputation
0
Spam
0.000
Last Seen
3 hours ago
Reputation
0
Spam
0.000
Last Seen
20 minutes ago
Reputation
0
Spam
0.000
Last Seen
41 minutes ago
Reputation
0
Spam
0.000
Last Seen
24 minutes ago
Reputation
0
Spam
0.000
Last Seen
52 minutes ago
Reputation
0
Spam
0.000
Last Seen
about an hour ago
Reputation
0
Spam
0.000
Last Seen
2 hours ago
Reputation
0
Spam
0.000
Last Seen
52 minutes ago
Reputation
0
Spam
0.000
Last Seen
about an hour ago
Reputation
0
Spam
0.000
Last Seen
11 minutes ago
Reputation
0
Spam
0.000