Taylor Moore was fired from Kickstarter for trying to unionize. We spoke to him about the crowdfunding company’s union-busting campaign, the promise of tech worker activism, and the importance of democracy in digital platforms.
United Academics of the University of New Mexico won the right to establish a union, overcoming the entrenched opposition of the administration.
Worley worried about the union's future: “They say 'we'll get 'em next time,'” he said, “but there may not be a next time. We lost 30,000 jobs in the last 10 years.”
In their home countries, European companies respect workers’ organizing and bargaining rights and commit themselves to international core labor standards. But they do not always live up to these global standards in their Southern U.S. operations.
A core problem in discussions of racism IS the focus on individual attitudes rather than on structural inequities.
If Kickstarter became a union company, it would be the first of the major tech companies to do so. The company has a chance to show which side it’s really on.
Although UAW leadership has encouraged the rank and file to ratify the contract, many workers are unhappy with the highlights of the proposed deal.
On the 31st day of the longest auto strike in 50 years, General Motors and the United Auto Workers announced a tentative agreement.
This time the union has extended its demands: it wants to tackle student homelessness and affordable housing for low-income Chicagoans.
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