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Another company tried that: "News workers unionized. Days later, they were jobless. Was it payback?" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/04/dnainfo-got

• cribbles 8y ago
  See also Mic,[1] which laid off its entire editorial staff in response to the formation of a union (but prior to a contract being signed). For counterexamples, see Vice,[2] which negotiated a nearly 30% pay hike in their first union contract, and Slate,[3] whose editorial union recently negotiated a $51,000 starting salary with annual pay increases. Note that a union is not a guarantee against layoffs. See [4]: the Huffington Post recently lost 15 of its unionized employees to a layoff. On the upside, they were contractually guaranteed severance pay - because they collectively bargained for it. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/mic-layoff-bustle-union-labor https://www.businessinsider.com/mic-layoff-bustle-union-labo... [2] https://gawker.com/vice-writers-get-a-union-contract-with-a-big-raise-1771276669 https://gawker.com/vice-writers-get-a-union-contract-with-a-... [3] https://wwd.com/business-news/media/slate-media-editorial-staff-union-deal-1202965162/ https://wwd.com/business-news/media/slate-media-editorial-st... [4] https://twitter.com/HuffPostUnion/status/1088524725259628544 https://twitter.com/HuffPostUnion/status/1088524725259628544