Kevin Budnik, Handbook, “Unionize Kickstarter”.Shane W Smith, Undad trilogy, “I stand in solidarity with unionising employees.”.Jay Iles, Legacy: Life Among the Ruins 2nd Edition.Craig Taillefer, Wahoo Morris: A Rock & Roll Urban Fantasy Graphic Novel.Please do the right thing by your employees.” Josh Dahl, Rapid City, Skies Over Superior, “I really want to use your great service again.As a public benefit corporation, Kickstarter senior management should seriously consider how their actions are affecting their double bottom line.” Jason Pitre, After The War, “Workers deserve respect and safety, and a union can make that happen.Brendan Wright, Shots Fired: Benefiting Gun Violence Prevention Charities.David Lucarelli, Tinseltown: Director’s Cut, “The employees of Kickstarter work hard and deserve the benefits that come with unionizing.”.Steve Stormoen, Proactive Insurance: The Pros (and four other projects).Russell Nohelty, Ichabod Jones, “I support the union” (Nohelty has raised over $100,000 on Kickstarter).Christopher Grey, The Happiest Apocalypse on Earth Roleplaying Game.Liam Ginty, Disposable Heroes, “All power to the working class and solidarity with their struggle against the bosses!”.Bruce Hahne, Anime Angels, “I support worker unionization at Kickstarter, which needs to stop firing union organizers and then lying about the reason for the firings”.Jacob Randolph, Fellowship 2nd Edition, “Unionizing is the right of all workers, and Kickstarter cannot be allowed to stand in their way.”.It took a lot to move me from ‘strong supporter’ to ‘on the fence.’ If these labor issues can shift me, how much more will they impact pledgers with less of an attachment to the site?” Greg Stolze, In The Dark, “I’very been with KS almost from the start-over 40 projects, first TTRPG creator to use the service.Grandkids, Grandkids Record a Full-length Album.Its workers deserve respect and their rewards, too. Brian Siano, Romeo and Juliet, “Kickstarter helped me and thousands of others.David Willis, Dumbing of Age: Eighth Book Collection (1oth successful project), “This is incredibly disappointing.”.Pat Baer, Send 404ing It to PAX West 2017, “I fully support union efforts”.rocket loam, memory/a film in 100 frames, “they’re gonna organize regardless, step out of the way”.A company like this won’t make a cent from any more of my projects.” Aaron Izzard, Pokemon Inspired Enamel Pin Set “Galar and Friends” (Canceled), “Dropped Kickstarter this morning to relaunch on Indiegogo as soon as I heard the news.Seth Boyer, The New Full-Length Studio Album from Seth Boyer, “Solidarity forever”.Molly Ostertag, Strong Female Protagonist: Books 1 and 2.Keely Weiss, Riding in Subarus with Boys: A Killer Dark Comedy, “Let Kickstarter workers unionize!”.David Cahn, “Umar” a children’s book for 2-4 year olds, “I mean come on kickstarter.”.I sign in solidarity with Taylor, Clarissa, and the Kickstarter United efforts.” Nicholas O’Brien, The Last Survey, “I was a “Creator-in-Residence” at Kickstarter in the spring/summer of 2019.
We call on Kickstarter to respect the unionization effort and and cease all illegal retaliation. We will support them throughout their campaign in any way they ask. However, if the union believed it undermined their organizing effort we could not continue to work with Kickstarter. Kickstarter’s unionizing workers have not asked for a boycott of the platform. Kickstarter’s unlawful and unethical actions threaten to do significant damage to its platform, and to the creators who rely on it. But it is impossible to partner with a company that does not respect its workers and is not willing to honor their rights. Some of us have worked with Kickstarter before, and would hope to work with Kickstarter again in the future. The success of our Kickstarter projects is in part thanks to the hard work of the company’s staff, who have put together a powerful tool for helping small projects succeed. We are disturbed that Kickstarter has fired multiple members of the union’s organizing committee and is pursuing aggressive tactics in an effort to keep its employees from exercising their basic right to bargain collectively. As Kickstarter project creators, we want to express our unequivocal support for Kickstarter’s workers in their attempt to form a union.
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