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Sign of the Times: An Account of the First (In the USA) Tech Workers' Strike(longhaulmag.com)
3 points by chobeat 1mo ago|0 comments
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How AI may drive union-resistant tech workers to the bargaining table(theguardian.com)
6 points by chobeat 2mo ago|0 comments
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by chobeat 2mo ago
the problem with closed-loop is that you always have a system to discharge to sewer in case of emergency. And guess what? It's cheaper to do it regularly to save on electricity. So it's becoming a regular practice to build closed-
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by chobeat 2mo ago
the union is free to strike if they don't sign. It's about what's less expensive for the company and who has the more leverage. If the union is well-organized, they have disproportionate power over the management and the mana
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by chobeat 2mo ago
if your union is not democratic, it's not really a union. It's a business scam exploiting union rights. There's a difference between yellow unions (pro-business) and red unions (pro-workers). Just because something is called
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A brewing battle: More IT workers want unions. The industry doesn't(computerworld.com)
28 points by chobeat 2mo ago|30 comments
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by chobeat 3mo ago
not sure if AI psychosis or a simple scab
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by chobeat 3mo ago
if you joined a non-democratic union to begin with, that's on you. This is a rare anomaly though and most unions have democratic processes you can engage with and bring the change
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by chobeat 3mo ago
they are still in talks for recognition
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by chobeat 3mo ago
There's a union of wikipedia editors being formed and they are in alliance with the US and UK Wikimedia union. More public statements will follow in the next weeks about this.
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by chobeat 3mo ago
Guess how those labor laws were achieved. Spoiler: unions. Same as weekends, 40-hour work week and so on. Strong unions win laws.
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Wikipedia Workers in Britain set global first by seeking union recognition(utaw.tech)
199 points by chobeat 3mo ago|3 comments
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At Intel – Organising within and against the semiconductor industry(disjunctionsmag.com)
2 points by chobeat 5mo ago|0 comments
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Tech Workers Coalition Onboarding Call – Tue 28(us02web.zoom.us)
1 points by chobeat 5mo ago|1 comments
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by chobeat 5mo ago
Tech Oligarchs are burning the world. If you feel your job is useless or harmful to other humans, it's time to become an organizer. Join Tech Workers Coalition and discover how to go from being a passive slave to your CEO to an active
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by chobeat 8mo ago
Go on Zulip or Anytype
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Why Tech Workers Coalition?(write.as)
2 points by chobeat 8mo ago|1 comments
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WebUSB Unpinner: network analysis for the masses(reversing.works)
1 points by chobeat 8mo ago|0 comments
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Three years of building no-code software for grassroots political organizations(write.as)
2 points by chobeat 1y ago|0 comments
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From Tech Lash to Tech Fash – Aug 19th(tech-organizing-reflections.github.io)
1 points by chobeat 1y ago|0 comments
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by chobeat 1y ago
The problem with guilds is that they preserve the interests of who is already inside at the detriment of everybody else. They range from cool kids clubs to straight up mafia behavior. There's no solidarity in guilds.
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by chobeat 1y ago
cry about it, scab
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The Case for Sabotage(collectiveactionintech.substack.com)
11 points by chobeat 1y ago|6 comments
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The Rise and Fall of the Knowledge Worker(jacobin.com)
4 points by chobeat 1y ago|0 comments
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by chobeat 1y ago
It's not exclusive to tech workers and it has nothing to do with Maoism. I'm not even leftist. It's just how our present economy works: since needs have long been satisfied, profit goes to who exploits better. Either the work
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by chobeat 1y ago
This is like asking how you can keep drinking the blood of babies without the guilt of killing babies. The quality of living attributed to tech workers is on the condition that they participate in the system that extracts value from people
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by chobeat 1y ago
I think the title implies "tech industry", as in companies producing digital technology for profit. Working for an union as a developer is not working "in tech" imho.
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by chobeat 1y ago
Join tech workers coalition
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by chobeat 1y ago
they are modules of the system
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by chobeat 1y ago
it's a set of plugins built on top of ActivityPub. It's like an intermediate layer.

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