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2019–09–28 | San Francisco CA — The combination of travel and head cold has really smashed my productivity this week. Apologies.
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I encountered what looked to be a forty-five-minute waiting line at the Apple store in Union Square this morning. People want the new iphones, I guess.
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Here’s What the CEO of Kickstarter Said to Creators About Firing Union Organizers | Lauren Kaori Gurley reports on the acrimonious interactions between CEO Aziz Hasan and workers at Kickstarter. He denies firing organizers in retaliation, but clearly states his objections to the union:
Since the union drive first became public in March of this year, the company has made it clear that it opposes a union. In his letter, Hasan asserts that management believes a union would hurt the company and that union organizers have not made their complaints clear to the company. “The union framework is inherently adversarial,” he writes. “That dynamic doesn’t reflect who we are as a company, how we interact, how we make decisions, or where we need to go. We believe that in many ways…
