High Tech and New Media Employers Beware

by | Jul 23, 2015 | News

cheeseUnions may seem to be clumsy at strategy, but eventually even a blind mouse can follow a trail of cheese crumbs leading to a bigger prize. Such seems to be the case in Silicon Valley, which in recent years has become the focal point of money streams into new businesses, especially high tech and new media. (Even blind unionistas can follow the scent of money…) With this channeling of the most union-coveted of all assets (cash), and the rash of changes to labor law (faster elections, smaller units, and possible joint-employer relationships), employers in these niches, whether in Silicon Valley or not, should be on the alert. Similar to the Fight-For-$15 movement in retail, organized and funded by unions, Silicon Valley Rising is a new, well-financed coalition of unions (Teamsters, SEIU, CWA, UNITE-HERE), the South Bay Labor Council, the NAACP and other community organizations established to focus on these new employers and their various vendors and service providers.silicon-valley-rising As happened with Facebook and the unionization of their contract shuttle drivers, the effort can impact these businesses indirectly if not directly. If the NLRB gets its way with joint-employer definitions, this situation will only deteriorate.

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