Uh-Oh: Unions Score First Victory Against Big Tech

With their numbers dwindling, unions have been working for years on new organizing strategies and targets to expand their ranks. These efforts have included attempts to unionize big tech companies that account for an ever-increasing part of the economy and countless jobs. Unions, however, had come up empty at big name tech companies – until now. According to various news outlets, including Bloomberg and Business Insider, the Office and Professional Employees International Union has successfully organized engineers and other employees at the crowdfunding tech company Kickstarter following a union election on Tuesday, Feb. 18.