Dear Kickstarter Creators & Allies, We’re writing to you as Kickstarter United—the union of designers, support specialists, product managers, engineers, and more who power this platform and are honored to support the bold, imaginative work you bring to life. We are asking you to sign this petition to support our fight to codify our four-day work week and a livable minimum salary for all members of our bargaining unit. Since April 2022, Kickstarter employees have worked under a four-day, 32-hour workweek. It began as a commitment to building a healthier, more sustainable workplace—one rooted in the belief that rest helps us bring our best selves to work, and that we all deserve more time to care for our families, support our communities, or pursue our own creative endeavors. During this time, Kickstarter experienced the most successful period in its 16-year history, hosting some of the biggest, most groundbreaking projects ever launched on the platform. Behind each of these wins—your wins—was a team bringing their full focus and energy to the table. The four-day work week helped us stay competitive, attracting top talent eager to meet the challenge of maintaining productivity with fewer hours. We’ve also retained experienced team members who know the platform and your needs inside and out. The four-day work week has made Kickstarter more inclusive by creating space for people often excluded from traditional tech schedules, like caregivers and artists. With an extra day each week, some of us have even become Kickstarter creators ourselves. This is only possible because of the strength of our Union, our fight to build a workplace that reflects the creativity and values of this community, and the support of our creator and backer communities who believe in a more equitable, creative world. As we entered contract negotiations with management, we asked them to make the four-day, 32-hour workweek permanent—not as a pilot or a promise, but as policy. We also included flexible provisions that would allow management to temporarily return to a five-day work week in the event of true business need, ensuring creators and backers are fully supported throughout the week. They have refused and are determined to retain the ability to make us work 25% more hours for no additional compensation. In other words, they want the option to make us work more for free. Now we’re asking for your support. By lending your voice, you can help support worker-led innovation and the future of Kickstarter. Kickstarter has always been the first of its kind: the first crowdfunding platform dedicated to creative work and the first major tech company to unionize. We take pride in that legacy because our mission is to pave the way for others, whether that means supporting your project's success or emboldening other tech workers to organize to protect their rights. That’s why we’re fighting for this new standard of work, and why we’re fighting for other critical job protections against AI and contractors, a minimum salary that provides an equitable standard of living for all of our workers, and funding for life-saving healthcare that may not be covered by insurance, including gender-affirming care. We want others to see what’s possible—and to know they can create it too. If you believe in worker-led innovation, in sustainable labor that prevents burnout and nourishes creativity, and in the kind of workplace that reflects the community benefits we all champion on this platform, we ask you to stand with us. Together, we can show that the future of work—and creativity—is brighter when we have time to rest, organize, and build. In Solidarity, Kickstarter United ** What this is not: This is not a request to boycott Kickstarter. Kickstarter United is here to support your creative projects—and we do not want to negatively impact any upcoming or ongoing campaigns on the platform.