Glitch employees vote to form union, joining CWA

I wonder why they need a union. Is something currently not working in their favor?

My highlights:

> 90% of the workers indicated their support for joining CWA and authorized CWA to be their bargaining representative

> about half of whom work in the New York City headquarters and half of whom work remotely throughout the country

> Employees at major American tech and game companies have grown increasingly active and outspoken about workplace issues, including sexual assault and harassment, ageism, unequal pay, “crunch time” (i.e. long-term overtime and overworking), poor treatment of contract workers, inadequate racial and gender diversity, and lack of transparency and inclusion in decision-making around controversial contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

> “We appreciate that unlike so many employers, the Glitch management team decided to respect the rights of its workforce to choose union representation without fear or coercion."

> CWA was founded by telecom workers, and supports media workers through its Newsguild-CWA and NABET-CWA sectors.

I can't tell if there's a trace of sarcasm in the comment, so for the avoidance of doubt, I'll link to a pretty good lay read on issues in the game industry.

https://time.com/5603329/e3-video-game-creators-union/

That's the game industry. I want to know about this specific company. The original article doesn't say why.

Ignorant question. But how do union dues work? Is it a percentage of your paycheck or a fixes cost?

Also I assume there’s a formation/founding cost. How does that work?