Kickstarter Employees Go On Strike

On September 26, members of Kickstarter United, the union that represents Kickstarter employees, voted with 85% approval to go on strike. The strike began October 2 at 8am.

The demands from the union are:

• Protect the 32-hour, 4-day workweek that’s been in place for over three years.
• Establish a minimum salary that provides a livable wage for all workers.

The 3 year agreement between management and staff, covering 59 community support specialists, trust and safety analysts, marketing professionals, software engineers, and other tech workers expired in July 2025. Bargaining began in April 2025 with management rejecting every proposal for a minimum salary and their insistence on returning to a 5-day, 40-hour workweek.

The minimum salary being asked for is $85,000, considered “low income” in New York City.

The union is interestingly not calling for a boycott of Kickstarter and instead are looking for people to rally with them, donate to their solidarity fund, and contact Kickstarter management to tell them to meet workers’ demands,

Kickstarted United was voted on my employees to form in February 2020 and part of OPEIU Local 153. You can read more about the union and the strike on their website.