Calling All Tech Workers! LaborNotes is Organizing a Conference
As we try to figure out a direction here (Walton and I are thinking this through) it is important to elevate events and this is certainly one every able person should attend! If you are in or able to go to NYC this conference is an important one! As a long time attendee and organizer […]
Continue readingMic drop… is this thing still on…?
Hey all, making a first post in a long time, it has been a while and there is a lot to catch up on for sure. I have been thinking about bringing the show back and maybe a little posting here. I installed the activitypub feature in wordpress so you can subscribe to our authors […]
Continue readingCyberunions Episode 93: Tech workers can organize…?
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update Section 1:00 Catch up 2:45 The final countdown 3:15 Help support the show https://www.patreon.com/cyberunions 4:00 How to organize … a lot of work, practice, and patience 5:00 Tech organizing ideas from Solidarity solidarity-us.org and DSA dsausa.org 5:45 The revolution is not going to happen tomorrow 6:55 Always opportunities […]
Continue reading“We are living in an incredibly dangerous moment”—One in which tech sector and all need to stand in solidarity against all warmongers
It is a little outside of the norm to share a non-tech specific piece, but this article is important for all communities includeing tech. Please if you have not read this it is worth reading. The new issue of Jacobin, “Journey to the Dark Side,” is out now. Subscribe for the first time at a […]
Continue readingLet’s Make This a May Day to Remember—in the streets and online!
The remarkable “Day without Immigrants,” when tens of thousands walked out February 16, sprang from the grass roots with little coordination by unions or worker centers. But to their credit, many groups are now looking to build on that momentum with strikes and protests May 1. via Let’s Make This a May Day to Remember —
Continue readingHow do tech work environments compare to this structure…is it the same, if not how?
Special Handout: Organized People Have Power March 31, 2017 / Labor Notes Staff if(isset($entity->premium) and $entity->premium == 1) { echo “Print Only”; } ?> via Special Handout: Organized People Have Power —
Continue readingA book review worth reading for challenging US political parties and bring committed progressive change
Book review by Ryan Haney, first published by Talking Union. Steve Early’s Refinery Town is a compelling read on multiple levels. It paints an interesting portrait of Richmond, CA (pop. 110,000), a Bay Area city that is home to a massive Chevron refinery. It also works as a journalistic deep dive into contemporary municipal politics, […]
Continue readingCyberunions Episode 92: Alt ‘Rights’: What does labor look like in the age of Trump
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update Section This is decidedly not Walton Matt coming in from Chicago Chicago teachers strike Site of Haymarket square, Mayday for the American listeners Is there a memorial for the workers in Haymarket square? Using new tech for this podcast connections Zokos.com planned to be free software Indiana became […]
Continue readingCyberunions Episode 91: Announcing the Punch a Nazi Challenge, Take that Ice Bucket!
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update section Richard Spencer punch to the music of Born in the USA. Peoples Inauguration Friday night in Boston. Womens march Saturday in Boston over 175,000 people. Labor section ideas Framing the conditions. Davos — themes, new tech and rise of robots, globalization and retreat of globalization. Typically not […]
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