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Kickstarter employees have unionized, becoming the first tech company to do so as workers organize across the industry

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.Kickstarter employees have unionized, making them the first full-time employees at a tech company to do so as more across the industry look to organize.

Workers voted 46-37 in favor of unionizing after a heated back and forth with management that included the firing of two workers leading the organizing efforts. "We support and respect this decision, and we are proud of the fair and democratic process that got us here," Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan said in an emailed statement.Kickstarter employees have officially unionized after a vote was tallied Tuesday, marking the first full-time workers at a tech company to do so as more across the industry look to organize., which involved the firing of two Kickstarter employees who were leading the efforts.

 

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