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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

3 months

We're still here. We're still queer. We're still unionizing Grindr.

Grindr Workers United-CWA take a big step closer to victory | Campaign to Organize Digital Employ...

Grindr Workers United-CWA One Step Closer to Defeating Union-Busting Campaign

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

what do we want GAY when do we want it GAY

CODE-CWA

@CODE_CWA

10 months

Looking? Yes, for dignity, fair conditions and a voice in the workplace! Grindr employees are officially out of the closet and forming a union with @cwaunion . 🌈✊ Read more here ⬇️

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

8 months

We really want to stress this point specifically!

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

8 months

As more companies crack down on remote work, employees are pushing back with walkouts and resignations.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

@JortsTheCat hi comrade bestie!

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

5 months

Yesterday, our election was held - the count was ✨19-13✨ in favor of @GrindrUnited ! There are more ballots that are being challenged on both sides, so the result is not final - but we ultimately expect our victory will stand as the proceedings continue to shake out.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

So the good news is that after two weeks, @grindr management finally stopped ignoring us. The bad news is as follows:

Josh Eidelson

@josheidelson

9 months

Scoop: Grindr is forcing employees back to the office as punishment for trying to unionize, workers alleged in a case just filed with the US labor board @GrindrUnited @CWAUnion @CODE_CWA

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

anybody need a zoom background

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

8 months

p.s. we seem to be shadowbanned still. unclear why! engagement with / boosting our posts is much appreciated 🫶

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

It's such a BIZARRE COINCIDENCE that this happened just after we announced that we were unionizing.

The Advocate

@TheAdvocateMag

9 months

Grindr has reportedly issued its employees an ultimatum: Move across the country to work in an office, or lose your job.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

Based on their role, workers at @grindr have been assigned to LA, Chicago, or the Bay Area in October. We have two weeks to agree or we're fired. Complication: Grindr doesn't have permanent offices in Chicago or the Bay Area 🤷 Bigger complication: *textbook* union busting.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

Thank you all so so so much for welcoming us into the world yesterday. Love and solidarity. 🌈✊ We're here. We're queer. We're unionizing Grindr.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

Unfortunately, @Grindr is requiring our fully-distributed workforce to move to LA, SF, or Chicago, depending on our teams. We literally can't stay home. We're being told that to keep our jobs, we must give up our homes.

Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌸

@LiteralyLily

9 months

@GrindrUnited @Grindr STAY HOME ANYWAY! If not that, Work From Home Wednesday! Or take a page out of flight attendants book and do CHAOS! Randomly pick which day to all stay home, with no warning. Up the union!

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

8 months

A great summary of what we’ve been going through as of late

WIRED

@WIRED

8 months

NEW: Last month, Grindr gave its all-remote staff two weeks to pledge to work from an office two days a week starting in October or lose their jobs. Now, nearly half of their staff has declined to return and been laid off, according to the Grindr union.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

Grindr management has yet to respond to our request for voluntary recognition of our union. We remain hopeful that they'll voluntarily recognize Grindr United, which is supported by a supermajority of eligible Grindr employees, so that we can get to the bargaining table ASAP!

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

Twelve days since we announced and... 🥁🥁🥁 Management *STILL* has not responded to our request for recognition. Thankfully WE haven't had to be silent: a couple members of our organizing committee spoke to Jacobin!

Staff at Grindr, the World’s Biggest LGBTQ Dating App, Are Unionizing

Workers at Grindr, the popular and long-running LGBTQ dating app, have announced supermajority support for forming a union. Jacobin talked to two Grindr workers about their demands.

jacobin.com

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

IIIIIIT'S been... TWO weeks since we announced our union, and @grindr management has just fully ghosted us, giving us no response to our request for voluntary recognition. 👻 We're still keeping the faith that they'll do the right thing! 🌈✊

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

Timeline review! July 20: we tell management that we have organized ourselves and request voluntary recognition. July 20 - Aug 3: no contact from management. At all. None. Zero. Aug 4: management announces we have two weeks to decide whether to uproot our lives or we're fired.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

Getting left on read? Don't worry, we know how that feels. 😢

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

We engaged in protected labor activity. And then asked for recognition. @grindr mgmt should have said yes and bargained with us They could have said no and had us hold an election (that we would win, resoundingly) Instead they gave us 2 weeks to uproot our lives or we're fired

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

Honoring* queer voices** who don't hold back*** *retaliating against **queer workers ***who seek to legally improve their working conditions

@thealexiaelise.bsky.social

@alexiacodes

9 months

I remember taking this photo at @Grindr HQ. It’s ironic this sits in their office while they hired a union busting firm to suppress the queer voices in @GrindrUnited . #NotAGoodLook

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

We want a company built for queer people, not one built to extract wealth from queer people. And we want to build it together, united.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

@josheidelson @CWAUnion @CODE_CWA Following two weeks of complete silence, @grindr management *STILL* has not responded to our request for voluntary recognition. Instead, they've told us that we have two weeks to decide whether or not to uproot our lives.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

8 months

helpful ways to improve poor glassdoor ratings 💡 1. recognize the supermajority of employees that want a union 2. don’t break labor law and lay off half of the company in retaliation by forcing people to relocate or quit 3. treat workers with respect 👍

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

6 months

Grindr told engineers on August 3rd that they were no longer permitted to work out of LA or NYC, cities where Grindr has existing offices, as part of their relocation mandate. A few days ago, they posted this role

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

7 months

We don’t feel amazing about this open role given our CEO’s history of donating to anti-labor, anti-LGBTQ politicians such as Lindsey Graham and Tom Rice

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

Management @Grindr told the New York Times they support our right to decide on a union. They told their shareholders' call yesterday that they support our right to decide on a union. Yet they've still said nothing about it to us. The only thing they've told us is move or quit.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

Well isn't that interesting

@thealexiaelise.bsky.social

@alexiacodes

9 months

@eciggy @Grindr @GrindrUnited

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

We should not have to. We are good at our jobs. We are engaging in federally protected activity to improve our working conditions. The only "nothing new" here is union busting.

JiggyG

@OldGypsyWoman

9 months

@josheidelson @JortsTheCat @GrindrUnited Find another job....nothing new.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

Hi Grindr Board members @maggiemlower @MeghanStabler and @danbbaer ! As a Grindr worker says in this article, there's still time to do the right thing!

The Advocate

@TheAdvocateMag

9 months

Workers have been faced with a choice of returning to the office or leave Grindr.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

It is Day 5 since our announcement! @grindr management still has yet to reply to our request for voluntary recognition. We remain hopeful that they will recognize the clear supermajority support amongst Grindr workers and voluntarily recognize our union.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

7 months

it’s interesting that Grindr’s blog post about their relocation mandate originally included the highlighted sentence, which was quickly edited out

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

8 months

Appreciating the attention to our cause on reddit!

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

5 months

We’re so proud of everyone who turned out to cast their vote and make their voice heard. Forming our union has been a difficult process as we’ve faced an egregious union-busting campaign including layoffs of many, many supporters.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

5 months

In light of what we’ve faced during our campaign, this preliminary count demonstrates how strongly we feel about our cause, the community we serve, and how much we care for each other as workers and colleagues. 🏳️‍🌈

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

7 months

When you see roles open at companies that recently union-busted, be aware that taking an offer for a role that was previously filled by a union employee laid off in retaliation is nearly as bad as being a scab!

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

An email purporting to be from Grindr United was sent to all Grindr staff today, and cc'd people outside the company. This email was not sent by Grindr United, nor approved by our members, and does not reflect our values or vision.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

IIIIIIT'S been... one week since we announced our union and @grindr mgmt still has yet to respond to our request for voluntary recognition. Our vision is a company & an app dedicated to queer joy! We can build it, together! We know you see us! 👋

Show your support from Grindr United workers!

Join me in standing with Grindr United workers by signing this petition to the CEO!

actionnetwork.org

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

oh hey look at this very good web site

Grindr United

We are members of the LGBTQIA+ community and strong allies who work in service of centering the queer experience.

grindrunited.org

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

sick of waking up every day worried your ability to access healthcare and pay for your basic needs will be yanked out from under you at any moment? here’s one weird trick companies won’t tell you about :)

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

"Rainbow capitalists — they’re just like the rest of them." 🎤⬇️

Them

@them

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One employee shares, “To tell me that I have two weeks to decide whether or not to uproot my family's life, for a job that won't come to the table and speak with me as an adult — it’s dehumanizing.”

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

how much could breaking your lease, hiring long distance movers, purchasing cross-country flights for your entire family, and putting a deposit (first, last, security) on a new apartment cost? $10,000? that’s how much @Grindr mgmt deems appropriate for relocation assistance!

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

management since we announced

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

It's Day 10 and @grindr management has still not responded our request for voluntary recognition. While we keep the faith that they will remain neutral and recognize our right to organize ourselves, check out this interview in Jacobin!

Jacobin

@jacobin

9 months

Amid industry-wide layoffs, workers at many tech companies are organizing to protect their jobs. Grindr’s new union is the latest to come out of this wave, boasting supermajority support and a commitment to solidarity as a radical act of love.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

Hi @MeghanStabler ! As both a @grindr board member and a former board member of @LambdaLegal , we're curious what you think of Grindr's failure to respond to our union?

How Unions Can Help

We make the case for equality in the nation's courts and in the court of public opinion. The work we do has impact on the way all of us live we change laws, policies and ideas.

legacy.lambdalegal.org

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

8 months

Also interesting that around when this RTO plan was executed, Grindr’s board member and majority shareholder purchased more shares - which further lowers the float of the company’s stock. (This is publicly available information)

CNN

@CNN

8 months

LGBTQ dating app Grindr ended its remote work policies and forced employees to relocate. Nearly half of its staff left.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

Hi @danbbaer ! As both a @grindr board member and the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, we're curious what you think of Grindr's failure to respond to our union?

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

GRINDR UNION GRINDR UNION GRINDR UNION GRINDR UNION

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

Nine days and @grindr management STILL has yet to respond to our request for recognition. While we keep hope alive they they'll respect our federally guaranteed right to organize ourselves, please sign our petition to tell @georgearison you support Grindr's workers!

CODE-CWA

@CODE_CWA

10 months

End your work week by standing with Grindr workers with Grindr United-CWA & sign the petition🤗

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

It's been eight (amazing!) days since we went public, and @grindr mgmt... still has yet to respond to our request for voluntary recognition. We maintain hope that they will remain neutral and respect our right to organize! While we all wait, check out:

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

@Grindr u up?

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

7 months

Alarming to see other companies using the same tactic that we experienced to functionally lay their employees off. We hope our case can set a precedent that forcing hired-remote employees to relocate or quit is not an acceptable action for a business to take

RTC

@Roblox_RTC

7 months

💻 Some remote employees at Roblox are being asked to move from their previous homes, and relocate to Roblox’s headquarters in San Mateo. If certain remote employees don't transition by mid 2024, Roblox will let them go, & they'll receive severance packages & bonus benefits.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

To be clear, @grindr management *STILL* has not responded to our request for voluntary recognition. Instead, they've told us that we have two weeks to decide whether or not to uproot our lives.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

8 months

We’re still here, and fighting for what’s right.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

7 months

Our current CEO’s former company just went bankrupt. We want a union so we can have a voice in holding leadership accountable to responsible, user-focused business decisions. We want to avoid an outcome like this. We want Grindr to thrive.

Online car seller Shift will shut down and file for bankruptcy, marking the death of yet another...

“This was not the outcome we had expected or hoped to achieve,” the CEO said.

fortune.com

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

Guaranteed severance. Guaranteed working locations. Guaranteed terms of remediation. We know that @grindr executives think these are good ideas because they have them in their own contracts. We remain hopeful that they understand all workers should have that kind of security.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

Hi @maggiemlower ! As both a @grindr board member and an avowed LGBT+ advocate, we're curious what you think of Grindr's failure to respond to our (*extremely* LGBTQIA+!) union?

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

We are our users; we’re zero feet away. 💓

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

Our vision:

Grindr United - Our Vision

We want a company built for queer people, not one built to extract wealth from queer people. And we want to build it together, united.

grindrunited.org

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

7 months

we’re excited for the @NLRB to help decide whether Grindr retaliated by mandating a majority of employees to either relocate or leave their roles two weeks after we announced our union

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

More than 7,000 people have signed the petition in support of our union! If you haven't yet, we'd very much appreciate it. .

Show your support from Grindr United workers!

Join me in standing with Grindr United workers by signing this petition to the CEO!

actionnetwork.org

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

A fun way you can sing about the Grindr Union to yourself and/or others! Lots and lots of others! (thanks/credit to @Glench for the logo generator!)

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

(hint: the median cost of a one bedroom apartment in LA is $2,295. considering that alone… you do the math!)

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

We are the workers at Grindr. We comprise members of the LGBTQIA+ community and strong allies who work here because we want to center the queer experience.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

Good morning! It is now Day 6 since we announced our movement, and @grindr management still has yet to respond to our request for voluntary recognition. Please sign our petition to tell @georgearison to respect his employees' right to form a union!

Show your support from Grindr United workers!

Join me in standing with Grindr United workers by signing this petition to the CEO!

actionnetwork.org

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

We have asked @grindr management for ***ANY*** documentation that shows this was planned before we announced our union. We will follow up if they provide it. If we don't follow up, well, there's your answer.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

Just as a by-the-way, it's now August 9th and @grindr management STILL has not addressed our union at all, in any way, other than telling us we have to move from our homes to keep our jobs.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

It's been 11 amazing days since we announced our union, and @grindr management *STILL* has yet to respond to our request for recognition. We're holding out hope they start the week right, by recognizing our guaranteed right to organize ourselves!

Show your support from Grindr United workers!

Join me in standing with Grindr United workers by signing this petition to the CEO!

actionnetwork.org

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

We’re already all in this together: we just want to DTR. 💍

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

We want to enshrine our existing benefits in a contract so that they cannot be unilaterally taken away. These include: * Remote first guaranteed with flexible hours to accommodate workers' lives

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

As members and allies of communities that are systematically oppressed, we know that strength lies in working together, not alone.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

We’re dedicated to the success of this organization and sincerely believe that success can be achieved by prioritizing the humanity of our users, not just their wallets.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

our other option, aside from leaving our entire lives, homes and long-standing communities behind to move to a different city on $10k in a matter of weeks, is to take a severance package. does that feel like much of a choice?

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

We want a seat at the table. We want to elect a union member to represent us on the Board of Directors in order to advocate for product excellence, the broader community, and the people doing the work.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

Why a union? We need to protect the workers at Grindr and hold management accountable to their responsibilities as leaders.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

9 months

Any correspondence from us would come from our domain, which is included in our profile here.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

* A company that delights in queer joy, both ours and our users'

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

We want to push back against attacks on our community; we feel our leadership has not adequately taken a stand against discrimination, disenfranchisement, or the erosion of the rights of trans individuals.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

Why now? We are at an inflection point. We want more stability: we’ve gone public, experienced surprise organizational restructuring, and have had valued team members pushed out.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

What We Want: To be respected as human beings, not expendable line items that can be cut to reduce cost for the next earnings call.

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@GrindrUnited

9 months

@jacobin Hey, that's us!

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@GrindrUnited

10 months

And begin your weekend by forwarding the link to everyone you know!

CODE-CWA

@CODE_CWA

10 months

End your work week by standing with Grindr workers with Grindr United-CWA & sign the petition🤗

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

* Annual cost of living pay adjustments, pay transparency, fair raises with promotions, and a commitment to closing any racial or gender pay gap

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

We want greater economic security in our workplace: we’re in a volatile job market, with waves of layoffs affecting our industry, and we don’t want to be next.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

10 months

This is how we help prevent surprise rounds of layoffs or “performance-based” terminations. This is how we gain the legal recognition of what we already know is true: the people who make Grindr are as valuable to the company as the people who make millions from Grindr.

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

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* Excellent health and wellness benefits, including parental leave, 401k matching, unlimited PTO, and gender affirmation funds

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@GrindrUnited

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* An equitable bonus structure and stock refreshers in line with industry standards - these should not be reserved for only directors and VPs

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@GrindrUnited

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* Documented performance improvement plans prior to terminations and guaranteed severance for laid-off workers * Support for us as people in communities in the form of professional development budgets, charitable gift matching, and sabbaticals

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@GrindrUnited

9 months

🤷🤷🤷🤷🤷

tenderheaded♉️ #wordnerd

@4thwallisreal

9 months

How is this legal?

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@GrindrUnited

10 months

@PrideatWork 🌈✊

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@GrindrUnited

10 months

@ihatejoelkim neighbor to neeeeeeeeighbor

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@GrindrUnited

9 months

cc @Grindr

Alex Press

@alexnpress

9 months

You either do the right thing or you don’t! People get mad when you say this but many dilemmas are really that simple

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Grindr United ✊

@GrindrUnited

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@union_maid

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@josheidelson @CWAUnion 🌈✊

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@GrindrUnited

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@msmaryclinton we love you!!! ✨🖤

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@GrindrUnited

9 months

@AlphabetWorkers @CODE_CWA Solidarity 🌈✊

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Grindr United ✊

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...nice

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@DoOneThingForMe @ChrisPrimeish @ihatejoelkim YES

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@DH_Garrison @Grindr Strong agree!

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@DubTrans 🌈✊

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We also want to expand our existing benefits to better embody our values, including: * Commitments from leadership and the Board to actively pursue anti-racism in our hiring and product decisions and to build a company and an app inclusive of everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community

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