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If you're confused about who censored the report (as I was at first), it's UNI Global Union, an "international network of unions" and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
by jonas21 4y ago
If you're confused about who censored the report (as I was at first), it's UNI Global Union,
an "international network of unions" and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, "a nonprofit arm of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)".
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNI_Global_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNI_Global_Union
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Ebert_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Ebert_Foundation
- usr1106 4y agoThey mention mainly UNI, which is financed by Microsoft in the meantime. A union organization financed by employers, what can you expect.
- jonas21 4y agoMicrosoft isn't funding UNI. Communication Workers of America, which is working to unionize Microsoft employees, is. They're on opposing sides. CWA recently got Microsoft to agree to be neutral on whether Activision Blizzard employees join a union after the acquisition closes. This was a big win for CWA. It's likely that CWA doesn't want to risk this agreement by attacking Microsoft on an unrelated issue. It sounds like UNI was only interested in funding this report in order to use it in their fight against Amazon. When they found out it might create other problems for them, they got cold feet.