# Kickstarter United | General Intellect Unit
source
: [Kickstarter United](http://generalintellectunit.net/e/067-kickstarter-united/)
tags
: [[organizing]] [[tech organizing]]
## Notes
- Lower-to-middle management was able to be organized as they were closer to workers than CEOs
- Union proposed a media blackout
- Going to media is a way to use leverage
- Don’t want to shoot your shot
- Management was punitive, emotionally manipulated organizers
- Management reaction is similar to other organizing efforts
- Organizing should be joyous, otherwise organizers will burn themselves out
- Organizing should be personal
- Kickstarter organizers knew they were going to set a precedent
- Managers and business owners are able to organize on company time, unlike workers, example of how the bourgeoisie uses worker power against itself
- Managers etc. can leverage business resources as well as the state against workers
## Backlinks
- [[20210111]]