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Important (IMO) to note: All employees attempted to unionize, not just editorial. This quote from earlier in the article: > The move comes less than one month
by CaliforniaKarl 6y ago
Important (IMO) to note: All employees attempted to unionize, not just editorial.
This quote from earlier in the article:
> The move comes less than one month after all Medium employees—including the editorial unit—attempted to unionize and lost by one vote. Employees at the company say that journalists who work at Medium’s nine publications were not the initial driving force behind the union, but were some of the most vocal supporters of it. The news media industry (including VICE) is highly unionized; the tech industry is not.
- throwawaysea 6y agoThe fact that the news media industry is heavily unionized seems indicative of a bias in itself. It means the members are more likely to take labor centric stances and be against free market stances - in other words, left leaning. Unions also often force institutional political stances on members (see NEA and teachers for example) - it’s an avenue by which a neutral institution can become ideologically compromised. This is exactly what was reflected in the editorial work of Medium, such as their first party magazines. It turned off readers greatly, and the comments in this very post even call it out.
- 3np 6y agoUnionization is not at odds with free market, as long as it’s not mandated by regulation.
- sofixa 6y agoI find it funny how you're contrasting labor centric and free market. What is the market based on, if not labor? Why do you consider that caring for that labor is anti-"free market"? I guess a purist might think that even a minimum wage is anti-"free market", but I'd argue that such purists are living in an alternate reality and that argument is wrong.
- fakedang 6y agoGermany and Japan both have unions, yet free markets in both places are doing just fine.