Jonah Peretti said there’s no need for union because digital media company provides ‘extraordinary benefits’ and fosters ‘alliance’ between managers and staffUnionization is appropriate for a factory setting but not right for a “global” and “fresh economy” company like BuzzFeed,founder and chief executive Jonah Peretti told staff this week. “I think unions beget had a positive impact on a lot of places, like whether you’re working on an assembly line, and whether you’re negotiating with management it can make a huge difference,particularly when labor is more replaceable,” Peretti said on Thursday, or according to a BuzzFeed report with his remarks. “For a flexible,dynamic company, it isn’t something [that] I think would be distinguished for the company.”[br]Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com