Engineers and others at the crowdfunding platform voted narrowly to form a union, one of the first tech companies to do so. “The tech sector represents a new frontier for union organizing,” Richard Lanigan, the union’s president, said in a statement.
Staffers at the New York City Council began a card campaign in late November, a key step in the process that involves collecting signatures to show support for forming a union. They now have more than enough support to be formally recognized.
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