Both me and a lot of people around me have written extensively about the issues that we face in the tech industry, both inward and outward facing. Some of us have attempted to essay potential solutions, but on the whole, I don't believe we've had a coherent strategy for fighting back against this shit as an industry. So, let me propose one: we, as an industry, need to unionise quickly, effectively and on a massive scale.
You Deserve a Tech Union
There's a resurgent labor movement in the tech industry. Tech workers--designers, engineers, writers, and many others--have learned that when they stand together, they're poised to build a better version of the tech industry. They haven't stopped there: at companies from Kickstarter to Google, workers have formed unions. And you should, too. But what are unions? And why do they matter? Ethan Marcotte answers these questions through extensive research and by interviewing tech workers with real-world union-building experience. Ethan shares these workers' insights and stories, weaving them together to outline the process for forming a union of your very own. Because you--yes, you--deserve a tech union.
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A coalition of tech industry workers, labor organizers, community organizers, and friends cultivating solidarity among all workers in tech.
They just formed the biggest tech worker union in the US. They plan to rein in AI and curb layoffs
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From politicians to VC firms, everyone is falling out of love with the massive, money-oriented, global technology titans. In their place, we have the chance to build something open and trustworthy.
Infrastructure for Interdependence: Building technology in service of collective power
[This document serves as a memo for investors]
I can't stop thinking about this essay: akamatsu.leaflet.pub/3mkwouogdzs2j If so much of research is going to come from large companies, then maybe the way academia survives is to take advantage of our yet unrealized potential for open collaboration
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akamatsu.leaflet.pubI can't stop thinking about this essay: akamatsu.leaflet.pub/3mkwouogdzs2j If so much of research is going to come from large companies, then maybe the way academia survives is to take advantage of our yet unrealized potential for open collaboration
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akamatsu.leaflet.pub"what if engineering a scientific revolution is, at least in part, a problem of organizing humans and coordinating effort?" uniconq.substack.com/p/the-ground-truth-institute h/t @ranganaut.bsky.social
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