[liberationtech] Tech Industry: Hotbed of Union Organizing

[Yosem Companys]

Tech companies, once seemingly immune to unions, are now becoming hotbeds
of employee activism and protests. Google hired an "anti-union consulting
firm" this week, per The New York Times. In addition, WeWork employees
recently formed a coalition and folks at Kickstarter are pushing for a
union. Axios suggests the following factors
<https://www.axios.com/techs-new-labor-unrest-google-wework-kickstarter-rev-e4eb87d5-c3a3-433d-93e2-7211c06d806f.html>
are
"opening big cracks" in the tech model: Bigger companies have a legion of
contractors who don't see the lavish benefits of full-timers, creating a
world of "haves" and "have nots." And gig economy platforms have stripped
some workers of rights and benefits.
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