Jim Dandy Sep 16, 2019
Kickstarter's response to supporters upset at their alleged union busting? "Delete your account."
Kickstarter, the popular crowd-funding website used by everyone from comic book self-publishers and indie game developers to TV shows and films, found itself in hot water last week when it was accused of firing two union organizers, a violation of United States labor laws. Their response to the scandal suggests that the criticism is taking its toll.
Clarissa Redwine, a member of the outreach team and one of the lead organizers of the Kickstarter union, was let go a week ago this past Thursday. She, along with Office and Professional Employees International Union (Opeiu), the union organizing the drive, then filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, the body within the federal government that oversees union organizing. The Nlrb complaint related to a nondisparagement clause Redwine says Kickstarter wanted her to...
Kickstarter's response to supporters upset at their alleged union busting? "Delete your account."
Kickstarter, the popular crowd-funding website used by everyone from comic book self-publishers and indie game developers to TV shows and films, found itself in hot water last week when it was accused of firing two union organizers, a violation of United States labor laws. Their response to the scandal suggests that the criticism is taking its toll.
Clarissa Redwine, a member of the outreach team and one of the lead organizers of the Kickstarter union, was let go a week ago this past Thursday. She, along with Office and Professional Employees International Union (Opeiu), the union organizing the drive, then filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, the body within the federal government that oversees union organizing. The Nlrb complaint related to a nondisparagement clause Redwine says Kickstarter wanted her to...
- 9/16/2019
- Den of Geek
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