On September 26, members of Kickstarter United, the union that represents Kickstarter employees, voted with 85% approval to go on strike. The strike began October 2 at 8am. After about a month and a half, the union has ended the strike with a resounding victory.

The union prevailed with an impressive list of protections and improvement to employment.

They codified a Four-Day Workweek, with strong protections if management tries to force them to revert to a five-day workweek.

• Temporary changes to Five-Day Workweek must be justified, with notice in advance, and a time limit
• Permanent changes to Five-Day Workweek must involve bargaining with the union
• If management tries to force it anyway, they can strike

They won strong provisions to raise their minimum salary floor considerably!

• An escalating increase in the pay floor based on cost of living, an average 6% increase to the most undervalued workers
• A one-time $6,000 bonus for the most undervalued workers
• Yearly national benchmarking to push pay upwards across the whole unit

They won many improvements to their working conditions with no regressions in our worker protections!

• Cannot replace a role with AI, and management must work with employees if AI changes a role
• Strong protections against replacing full time employees with contractors
• More input from employees with a regular forum for business operations

Congrats to the union and everyone that participated and supported them.