Kickstarter employees vote 46-37 to unionize with the Office and Professional Employees International Union
no matter where they work. That includes tech. #SupportUnions https://twitter.com/... @doctorow : Kickstarter workers vote to form first union in tech industry https://www.nbcnews.com/... Congrats to the Kickstarter staff for blazing this incredible trail! “Workers voted 36 to 47 in favor of unionizing” They're the first “white-collar, full-time employee” union in tech. 1/ @tbreisacher : “Tech company perks, like gourmet coffee, warm cookies, massage chairs or whatever, these things make people feel appreciated in the workplace. But when workers see that their concerns are not taken seriously, all the perks can feel like tools to keep people subdued.” https://twitter.com/... B. Bolander / @bbolander : gonna walk by kickstarter hq & knock on their window while whooping hollering & firing off a celebratory 12 gauge in the air 'til the cops chase me off https://twitter.com/... Ryan Schapals / @ryanschapals : Huge win for the @kickstarter staff! We can't solely depend on the benevolence of our tech overlords - workers rights should be demanded and protected! Hope this is the start of more changes across the industry. https://www.vice.com/... Michal Rozworski / @michalrozworski : Kickstarter workers have voted to unionize after a year and a half long campaign, the “first in the tech industry to successfully hold a company-wide vote to form a union.” This is a big deal for organizing the tech sector https://www.nbcnews.com/... Words Mean Things / @a_busy_woman : huge win! excited to see the impact this has beyond kickstarter!! https://twitter.com/... Marietje Schaake / @marietjeschaake : Interesting development amiddt increasingly vocal tech worker movements ↘️ https://twitter.com/... @mikerugnetta : Breaking my twitter hiatus just to come here and say: HELL YEAH KICKSTARTER EMPLOYEES 💪 So impressed and awed by your hard work and dedication in the face of so many challenges. Hope you set the standard, and this is the first of many tech unions to follow. https://twitter.com/... @nickcho : Startup idea: an app that makes unionization much easier. Not joking even a little bit. https://twitter.com/... @nytimes : Kickstarter employees have voted to unionize in the latest push for more organized labor in tech https://www.nytimes.com/... @nullzone42 : The only reason you're cooperating now is because the law compels you to. There's no solidarity here, you've established yourself as an adversarial actor. So save the theatrics. https://twitter.com/... @nullzone42 : Where was your pride when you terminated people who were discussing union organization? https://twitter.com/... @organizejs : “Workers want to be able to participate in critical product decisions without retaliation, change how the company handles sexual harassment, how it addresses gender discrimination & take on challenges with a healthy power structure.” Historic moment in tech labor organizing! https://twitter.com/... Ben Tarnoff / @bentarnoff : This is a big deal: Kickstarter workers have voted to unionize. This will be the country's first unionized workplace composed of full-time white-collar tech workers. @aprilaser with the scoop: https://www.nbcnews.com/... Afl-Cio / @aflcio : Welcome Fam. 🌠 #1u https://twitter.com/... Kate Crawford / @katecrawford : Kickstarter workers just created the first full-time company-wide union in the tech sector! Came after an 18-month battle during which several union organizers were fired. Read @aprilaser for more: https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/... April Glaser / @aprilaser : The Kickstarter Union organizing began after employees resisted a decision from mgmt to take down a satirical comic book about punching Nazis following an article on Breitbart. Workers feared bending to the demands of far right trolls in the future and decided to start organizing @pje_txt : We just won! Congratulations to all my friends at @ksr_united on forming the first major US tech union. We just made history, and I couldn't be prouder! @clarissaredwine : So many people worked incredibly hard to earn Kickstarter's employees a seat at the table, and now they have one. Kickstarter is now a place for collective action through and through. @clarissaredwine : The vote was close. Management did a great job busting. Now it's time for the newly unionized workforce to mend the divide. Soon both YES votes and NO votes will work together to bargain a contract. @clarissaredwine : At 10:30 am today the vote count began. We huddled in the Brooklyn NLRB office, holding our breath as each vote was read allowed. The windowless room felt as small as the cardboard ballot box in front of us. Everyone was very very very still. @samaugustdean : Big news out of NYC Kickstarter is now one of the first (if not the first) VC-backed tech companies to go fully union. https://twitter.com/... Dave Jamieson / @jamieson : The folks at Kickstarter just unionized by a vote of 46-37, per the company. This is a big deal for unions in tech. Aaron / @aaronshapiro : Looking forward to Kickstarter management swiftly and painlessly recognizing their workers' decision here. https://www.vice.com/... @zenalbatross : congrats to workers at Kickstarter, who just voted to unionize! history being made today here in NYC, as reported by @LaurenKGurley �� https://www.vice.com/...
In a ballot count today, we learned that our staff voted 46 to 37 in favor of a union. Kickstarter's leadership supports and respects their decision. We're proud of our staff and of the fair and democratic process that got us here.
I congratulate the workers of Kickstarter, the first major tech company to vote for a union. These workers are setting an example for the entire industry. Tech employees deserve job security, strong wages and benefits, and a voice in their companies. https://www.nytimes.com/...
So, what does this mean? 1) Our media blackout is now over (did you miss us? ��) 2) We'll begin discussing our priorities and forming an inclusive and representative bargaining committee for everyone at Kickstarter so that we can... 3) Bargain our first contract! #1u
Congrats on “winning” a union to represent you! Personally, I would have rather you all got stock options & @kickstarter went public... but different strokes for different folks I suppose. 🤦🏻♂ ️ https://twitter.com/...
Ummmm... @BernieSanders have you been to a tech company?! someone want to explain to crazy grandpa that tech employees have absurd job security, ridiculously high wages, benefits that are so strong they're parodied & endless all hands meetings to voice opinions 😂 🤦🏻♂ ️ 🤷🏼♂ ️ 😂 …
It doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what job you're in: being part of a union means a better deal for you and your workmates. Welcome to the union family Kickstarter, you're blazing a trail for tech workers everywhere. https://www.vice.com/...
Me on Kickstarter Union vote: “signals to workers across the tech industry that it is both desirable and possible to build collective structures to influence wages, working conditions and even business decisions.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Congrats to these employees! Our economy is changing, but one thing that should not is the right of all workers to organize — no matter where they work. That includes tech. #SupportUnions https://twitter.com/...
Kickstarter workers vote to form first union in tech industry https://www.nbcnews.com/... Congrats to the Kickstarter staff for blazing this incredible trail! “Workers voted 36 to 47 in favor of unionizing” They're the first “white-collar, full-time employee” union in tech. 1/
“Tech company perks, like gourmet coffee, warm cookies, massage chairs or whatever, these things make people feel appreciated in the workplace. But when workers see that their concerns are not taken seriously, all the perks can feel like tools to keep people subdued.” https://twi…
gonna walk by kickstarter hq & knock on their window while whooping hollering & firing off a celebratory 12 gauge in the air 'til the cops chase me off https://twitter.com/...
Huge win for the @kickstarter staff! We can't solely depend on the benevolence of our tech overlords - workers rights should be demanded and protected! Hope this is the start of more changes across the industry. https://www.vice.com/...
Kickstarter workers have voted to unionize after a year and a half long campaign, the “first in the tech industry to successfully hold a company-wide vote to form a union.” This is a big deal for organizing the tech sector https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Breaking my twitter hiatus just to come here and say: HELL YEAH KICKSTARTER EMPLOYEES 💪 So impressed and awed by your hard work and dedication in the face of so many challenges. Hope you set the standard, and this is the first of many tech unions to follow. https://twitter.com/..…
The only reason you're cooperating now is because the law compels you to. There's no solidarity here, you've established yourself as an adversarial actor. So save the theatrics. https://twitter.com/...
“Workers want to be able to participate in critical product decisions without retaliation, change how the company handles sexual harassment, how it addresses gender discrimination & take on challenges with a healthy power structure.” Historic moment in tech labor organizing! http…
This is a big deal: Kickstarter workers have voted to unionize. This will be the country's first unionized workplace composed of full-time white-collar tech workers. @aprilaser with the scoop: https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Kickstarter workers just created the first full-time company-wide union in the tech sector! Came after an 18-month battle during which several union organizers were fired. Read @aprilaser for more: https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...
The Kickstarter Union organizing began after employees resisted a decision from mgmt to take down a satirical comic book about punching Nazis following an article on Breitbart. Workers feared bending to the demands of far right trolls in the future and decided to start organizing
We just won! Congratulations to all my friends at @ksr_united on forming the first major US tech union. We just made history, and I couldn't be prouder!
So many people worked incredibly hard to earn Kickstarter's employees a seat at the table, and now they have one. Kickstarter is now a place for collective action through and through.
The vote was close. Management did a great job busting. Now it's time for the newly unionized workforce to mend the divide. Soon both YES votes and NO votes will work together to bargain a contract.
At 10:30 am today the vote count began. We huddled in the Brooklyn NLRB office, holding our breath as each vote was read allowed. The windowless room felt as small as the cardboard ballot box in front of us. Everyone was very very very still.
congrats to workers at Kickstarter, who just voted to unionize! history being made today here in NYC, as reported by @LaurenKGurley �� https://www.vice.com/...