Chronology 2018

February 23: The union membership accepts Lionbridge's settlement proposal
March 26: The union sends the signed settlement proposal to NLRB
April 10: The union learns that the NLRB in DC has rejected the petition by Microsoft and Lionbridge to stop the investigation about the joint employment charges
April 18: In conformity with the settlement agreement the union confirms to NLRB the request to withdraw the charges against Microsoft and Lionbridge
April 19: email sent to former Tier1s about the settlement
April 22: post about Coding and coercion, an interview with Bjorn Westergard published in the magazine  Jacobin on April 18
April 25: opinion published in the NYT: Workers of Silicon Valley it's time to organize, by Kevin Roose
April 28: the settlement checks arrive
August 23 2018: Article by Josh Eidelson in Bloomberg News: Microsoft bug testers unionized. Then they were dismissed.
August 30: Paid parental leave matters: Microsoft will require 12 weeks of paid parental leave (2/3 of pay) announced by VP Dev Stahlkopf