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The Medium Workers Union fell just one vote short of the simple majority needed to win recognition. Now, the union says it plans to momentarily pause its organizing efforts.

Workers at Medium are the latest group of tech employees that have decided to unionize, in an industry where the concept was once foreign.

Gawker Media made history five years ago for being the first digital news company to ratify a union contract, kicking off a wave of labor organizing at digital outlets that has yet to recede. On Thursday, staffers at the online publishing platform Medium announced their intention to unionize, following in the footsteps of Gawker, HuffPost, Salon, Slate, Vice, BuzzFeed News, Vox Media, Bustle Digital Group, Wirecutter and The Ringer, to name a few. Many local newspapers and legacy media organiza...

With today’s news that workers at Medium have overwhelmingly voted to form a union, it’s hard not to get a little mushy about the labour rights

The Medium Workers Union will advocate for employees in an era when "tech and media are at a crossroads." The organization says more than 70 percent of eligible employees have already signed cards in support.