Airbnb Finds a Union It Can Work With After Failed Efforts

Airbnb Inc. cafeteria workers are joining the United Auto Workers, a new twist in the home-rental company’s troubled relationship with organized labor.

The United Auto Workers won a union contract covering nearly 150 cafeteria workers at four Airbnb facilities. It’s the latest development in a unionization trend among tech companies’ sub-contracted staff.

“Every worker should be treated with dignity and justice,” Chris Lehane, Airbnb’s global head of policy and public affairs, said in an emailed statement Feb. 15. “Airbnb has great respect for the labor movement, and we are glad to have UAW represent workers who provide services to our ...