How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only unions in the industry

Re:How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only un... by oh_sigh on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @04:56PM (#24712623)

So are tech workers treated better at kick starter than they are at, say, google or amazon, or even treated better than they were at Kickstarter pre-union? The only thing in the article I could really find was:

> Employees who are still with the company say that because of the union, management has been more receptive to worker grievances, especially now during the pandemic. Employees were able to ensure that staff who got laid off received severance packages and are currently in the process of hammering out a collective bargaining agreement.

But it isn't clear to me that employees who were laid off wouldn't receive severance packages if it wasn't for the union.

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Re:How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only un... by ry454 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:32AM (#24717135)

"management has been more receptive" - that's a corpspeak for "nothing has changed", i.e. a bunch of vague statements with no substance that lazily nudge the reader to attribute something (severance pay) to someone, without saying that explicitly because that would be a lie (with potential legal troubles). If there were meaningful changes, they would be attributed to the union explicitly: "thanks to our union representative, we've come up with a revised agreement that gives all employees 8 weeks of vacation, 40% higher pay and eliminates the non-compete clause."

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Re:How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only un... by walshemj on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @05:14PM (#24712824)

Not as good though

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