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Grindr devs did ("large"). Announced intention to unionize in July of 2023. In August 2023, the gay republican CEO then made a RTO requirement to force all of e
by miltonlost 2y ago
Grindr devs did ("large"). Announced intention to unionize in July of 2023. In August 2023, the gay republican CEO then made a RTO requirement to force all of engineering to Chicago, after hiring everyone as remote first for years. But designers and project managers would be forced to move to LA.
The union filed an unfair labor practice with the NLRB, but that process has dragged for over a year, even after the union successfully won their vote AFTER the purge.
Why don't workers unionize? Because management can fire them right away with repurcussions only after years, if that, and even then, the repurcussions aren't to the CEO who broke the law. Breaking labor laws should put executives in prison, but noooo, instead penalties are paid by the company and the CEO's move to another company to do the same illegal shit.
The government agencies must move faster if they want to protect workers. Delays only help management, who still get salaries throughout and are never actually punished or face any negative consequences.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3mq4y/grindr-unlawfully-purged-staff-at-lgbtq-dating-app-union-says https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3mq4y/grindr-unlawfully-pur...
https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/grindr-workers-united-cwa-one-step-closer-defeating-union-busting-campaign https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/grindr-workers-united-cw...
- miltonlost 2y agoUpdate from today that the NLRB found that a RTO mandate to thwart a union is illegal: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-04/grindr-rto-plan-that-caused-80-terminations-was-illegally-imposed-nlrb-alleges?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczMDc0MTQ3MiwiZXhwIjoxNzMxMzQ2MjcyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTTUZQNkZUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDQThGQ0Y4NkY1QjY0ODlCODA4ODkwNTFBNjMxRERBRCJ9.jTura-mBfSV_SMOrTsuqbRTdv0XGinUtXoo_9ScQjYo https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-04/grindr-rt...
- Eduard 2y agoUS-centric
- biztos 2y agoWhen I worked in tech in Germany, we had no union and my WFH contract explicitly said I could be reassigned to any office at any time. A friend in another industry had this happen: management forced everyone out of Berlin (or you could take a package). He ended up having to move for five days per week.