Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts
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Re: Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts
#2This is fantastic. Kudos to them. Copying some things they won, for the non-clickers:
- Minimum 3% annual CoL raises
- Profit-sharing bonuses
- Putting their current benefits in the contract, so management will have to re-negotiate if they want to make them worse.
- Replacing at-will with "just cause", progressive disciplining, with criteria for performance improvement plans.
Looking forward to more details & seeing how this plays out, especially as the market collapses (probably will end up looking like amazing timing on their part, btw).
Interestingly, for the people that like to paint unions as wokies, the progressive discipline item (if implemented well) actually _curbs_ 'cancel culture'. Because at-will employment is basically the enforcement mechanism for cancel culture.
Re: Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts
#3Kickstarter also voted itself to become a Public Benefits Corporation [1] so you would hope they were already out in front of ensuring contributor rights are fairly represented in concert with other stakeholders.
[1] https://medium.com/kickstarter/kickstarter-is-a-pbc-heres-wh...
Re: Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts
#4How profitable is kick starter? I've not kept up, but it's certainly not discussed much these days
According to Wikipedia:
Net income: $1.3 million after tax (2019)[1]: 1
Re: Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts
#5Kickstarter may survive since they enjoy near monopoly status, but otherwise how can they compete given that high performers in tech are allergic to unions?
Re: Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts
#6This is fantastic. Kudos to them. Copying some things they won, for the non-clickers: - Minimum 3% annual CoL raises - Profit-sharing bonuses - Putting their current benefits in the contract, so management will have to re-negotiate if they want to make them worse. - Replacing at-will with "just cause", progressive disciplining, with criteria for performance improvement plans. Looking forward to more details & seeing…
>Minimum 3% annual CoL raises
Weird that they call it a CoL raise. If it isn't tied to cost, it is just an minimum annual raise.
Re: Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts
#7Kickstarter may survive since they enjoy near monopoly status, but otherwise how can they compete given that high performers in tech are allergic to unions?
> Kickstarter may survive since they enjoy near monopoly status, but otherwise how can they compete given that high performers in tech are allergic to unions?
"high performers" aren't going to be satisfied by Kickstarter's compensation at first place thus won't apply there.
Also good luck arguing to your boss you are a "high performer" in a company that has "progressive performance evaluation", by what measure?
This is a none issue.
Re: Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts
#8Is it mandatory for employees to join the union?
Re: Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts
#9How profitable is kick starter? I've not kept up, but it's certainly not discussed much these days According to Wikipedia: Net income: $1.3 million after tax (2019)[1]: 1
That's not much money at all.
Re: Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts
#10This is fantastic. Kudos to them. Copying some things they won, for the non-clickers: - Minimum 3% annual CoL raises - Profit-sharing bonuses - Putting their current benefits in the contract, so management will have to re-negotiate if they want to make them worse. - Replacing at-will with "just cause", progressive disciplining, with criteria for performance improvement plans. Looking forward to more details & seeing…
>Minimum 3% annual CoL raises Weird that they call it a CoL raise. If it isn't tied to cost, it is just an minimum annual raise.
Weird that you're arguing that 3% isn't a CoL raise, when inflation has been pegged to 2.25% for decades, and is currently 8%+