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Netanel Gams Feb. 24, 2021 “One thing bothers me,” said Prof. Eugene Kandel five years ago, “and that is the phenomenon of unionization in big high-tech companies. If we see this happen in one or two companies, we’ll see a massive exit of companies from Israel.” Two months after Kandel – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s former economic adviser and today the CEO of Startup Nation Central – made these remarks at the annual Herzliya policy conference, workers at the big tech com...

Over the last decade, technology companies have been easing past traditional oil and gas conglomerates to become the wealthiest industry in the world. And yet, despite that vast wealth, there is still a massive tech talent gap. And now there’s a growing trend of tech workers coming together to call for greater unionization in this sector. This is moving beyond petitions and signed letters from staff, to increased walkouts, employee resource groups, and even formal trade unions. On January 4, ...

Its first member is Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform in Greenpoint focused on creative projects. In February the company was the best-known technology company to have its employees unionize, with the union winning a majority vote among the 88 eligible nonmanagement employees.  The Kickstarter vote “jump-started a lot more conversations” among technology workers, who are almost uniformly nonunion, according to Grace Reckers, an organizer for the OPEIU. “A lot of people argue that tech...

January 25, 2021 Despite the challenges of organizing during a deadly pandemic, working people across the country (and beyond) continue organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. This edition begins with: Tech Workers Union Local 1010 Launched to Raise Standards for Tech Industry: Workers in the tech industry will get a boost with the launch of Tech Workers Union Local 1010, a new initiative from the Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU). The new locals mission is to raise ind...

OPEIUs Tech Workers Union Local 1010 Statement on the Tech Workers Bill of Rights News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2021 OPEIUs Tech Workers Union Local 1010 is pleased to today join a coalition of tech industry employees, unions and solidarity networks in presenting the Tech Workers Bill of Rights, a set of principles to create an equitable future by raising the standards for all workers across the industry -- whether full-time office workers who deserve...