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How “unionization” trended on Hacker News

“Unionization” was mentioned 120,222 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Jan 2021 with 2,064 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “unionization” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about “unionization”

1. 1.Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union 2,108 points · 2,485 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
2. 2.A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize 1,643 points · 1,344 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Show HN: Tetris in a PDF 1,289 points · 223 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Kickstarter employees vote to unionize 910 points · 1,092 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Amazon workers on Staten Island vote to unionize 841 points · 753 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Amazon reportedly has Pinkerton agents surveil workers who try to form unions 809 points · 445 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Amazon worker chat app to ban words such as “union”, “pay raise”, “slave labor” 693 points · 445 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Show HN: Tramway SDK – An unholy union between Half-Life and Morrowind engines 660 points · 237 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees 640 points · 598 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
10. 10.MIT graduate students vote to unionize 638 points · 378 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Activision Blizzard Hires Notorious Union-Busting Firm WilmerHale 627 points · 360 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama 566 points · 1,218 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN

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