Kickstarter United | General Intellect Unit

source : Kickstarter United

tags : [[organizing]] [[tech organizing]]

Notes

• Lower-to-middle management was able to be organized as they were closer to workers than CEOs
• Union proposed a media blackout
  • Going to media is a way to use leverage
  • Don’t want to shoot your shot
• Management was punitive, emotionally manipulated organizers
• Management reaction is similar to other organizing efforts
• Organizing should be joyous, otherwise organizers will burn themselves out
• Organizing should be personal
• Kickstarter organizers knew they were going to set a precedent
• Managers and business owners are able to organize on company time, unlike workers, example of how the bourgeoisie uses worker power against itself
• Managers etc. can leverage business resources as well as the state against workers