Glitch employees vote to form union, joining CWA
For a union, it&#x27;s concerning when some things are more tailored to the whims, edge cases, personal niches of the most vocal, rather than shielding the common denominator of the cooperative from management&#x27;s business decisions.<p>I&#x27;d like to explain what I like, and what I&#x27;m concerned about:<p>&gt; Employees at major American tech and game companies have grown increasingly active and outspoken about workplace issues,<p>Very union related, that&#x27;s what unions are for.<p>&gt; including sexual assault and harassment,<p>Already unlawful. They are addressable to the NLRB and civil legal system.<p>&gt; ageism,<p>That&#x27;s vague, but there are protections against this<p>&gt; unequal pay,<p>Not sure what this means, pay between workers of the same level of seniority performing the same responsibilities? Overtime?  A lot of things factor into equal pay.  A junior employee isn&#x27;t going to make as much as a 20 year employee.<p>&gt; “crunch time” (i.e. long-term overtime and overworking),<p>Looks right. These are covered in union contracts<p>&gt; poor treatment of contract workers,<p>If they have union membership?  Wouldn&#x27;t it be about defining a standard of what a salaried employee is?<p>&gt; inadequate racial and gender diversity,<p>What does that mean? Inadequate to whom? What makes those characteristics worthy but other characteristics not?<p>I find it very hurtful and insensitive to people who struggle, suffer, overcome odds, from difficult upbringings, but not member of some class or facet. Why reduce the struggle, character, and worth of someone down to those things? Where does this come from?<p>What does this say to your colleagues who don&#x27;t have these traits? Do they have life easy? Have you walked a mile in their shoes?<p>&gt; and lack of transparency and inclusion in decision-making around controversial contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<p>That is not the kind of decision I think employees should be deciding. Though if a larger organization wanted to allow someone to move somewhere else in the org, that seems fair