{"id":16621,"date":"2020-05-02T19:56:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T14:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/2020\/05\/kickstarter-union-reaches-agreement-with-management-for-laid-off-workers\/"},"modified":"2020-05-02T19:56:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T14:56:27","slug":"kickstarter-union-reaches-agreement-with-management-for-laid-off-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/2020\/05\/02\/kickstarter-union-reaches-agreement-with-management-for-laid-off-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarter union reaches agreement with management for laid-off workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The union for kickstarter employees reached an agreement with management to protect workers who were fired on Friday, said in a press release. The crowdfunding company announced on April 20 that an internal memo would require layoffs along with other cost saving measures. CEO Aziz Hazan noted that kickstarters have seen a 35% drop in new crowdfunding projects on the site over the past few weeks without any signs of a new rebound. <\/p>\n

Kickstarter United, which accounts for 60% of the 140 employees, includes a four-month severance pay for all dismissed employees, withdrawal of a non-competition contract to a person who has agreed to retire, and a year. The company will continue to provide medical insurance for up to six months, depending on the salary for the dismissed employee. <\/p>\n

Kickstarter spokesman David Gallagher said The budge<\/em> On Saturday, the company offered voluntary repurchases to union members. This includes the ability to refuse health insurance coverage and receive partial payments. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to put our kick starters in a more powerful position to overcome this uncertainty, so we can continue to support missions that help us realize our creative projects. He added that non-union workers are receiving similar offers. Gallagher said that once the company knows who is interested in buying it, they will be able to decide how many layoffs are needed. <\/p>\n

Kick starter workers succeeded in a union resolution in February. These are represented by the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU).<\/p>\n

Hassan said in a note on April 20 last year that Kick Starter reinvested in the business last year with a tax of $ 1.17 million. He cited other cost saving measures besides firing, including a reduction in senior management salaries and some vacancies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were disappointed with the layoffs announced by Kickstarter executives, but we are proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with the entire union family in a multifaceted fight for the family's future, and Kickstarter executives are willing to thank you for fair trade negotiations. OPEIU President and Richard Lanigan, 153 Business Manager, said in a statement. <\/p>\n

The union could include up to 45% of kick starter employees in the layoffs, but Gallagher said, "I didn't mention the size of the layoffs."<\/p>\n

UPDATE May 2 10:45 AM ET<\/strong><\/em>: Kick Starter comments and OPEIU contact comments have been added.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The union for kickstarter employees reached an agreement with management to protect workers who were fired on Friday, said in a press release. The crowdfunding company announced on April 20 that an internal memo would require layoffs along with other cost saving measures. CEO Aziz Hazan noted that kickstarters have seen a 35% drop in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}