- Kickstarter employees have unionized, making them the first full-time employees at a tech company to do so as more across the industry look to organize.
- Workers voted 46-37 in favor of unionizing after a heated back and forth with management that included the firing of two workers leading the organizing efforts.
- "We support and respect this decision, and we are proud of the fair and democratic process that got us here," Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan said in an emailed statement.
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Kickstarter employees have officially unionized after a vote was tallied Tuesday, marking the first full-time workers at a tech company to do so as more across the industry look to organize.
The historic 46-37 vote in favor of unionizing comes after a contentious process, which involved the firing of two Kickstarter employees who were leading the efforts. Kickstarter employees had also accused the company of distributing anti-union materials as they sought to get representation. The employees then filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, which has yet to resolve, according to Vice.
"We support and respect this decision, and we are proud of the fair and democratic process that got us here. We've worked hard over the last decade to build a different kind of company, one that measures its success by how well it achieves its mission: helping to bring creative projects to life," Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan said in an emailed statement.
#KickstarterUnited has now been certified by the NLRB:
— Kickstarter United (@ksr_united) February 18, 2020
🤝🌟We Are A Union!!!🌟🤝 pic.twitter.com/l6W91lILKU
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