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Kickstarter employees vote to unionize, a first in the tech industry

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Kickstarter has become the first major technology company to unionize. Employees of the crowdfunding website voted in favor of forming a union on Tuesday. The vote was a culmination of 18 months of organizing. Kickstarter has proven to be quite popular with indie game developers as a crowdfunding platform for their projects. According to NBC … Read more

EA lays off 350 employees

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EA is the latest major video game publisher hit with layoffs, despite three consecutive years of profit growth. The company announced today that it is laying off 350 employees. That represents 4% of the company’s workforce. According to Polygon, the layoffs mostly hit marketing, publishing, and operations roles. The cuts come despite three years of … Read more