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 […]

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Mic 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 […]

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“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 […]

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Let’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 —

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How 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 —

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A 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, […]

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Free software is to code as labor unions are to workers and neither are revolutionary

Full Disclosure: I work full time for the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the views expressed here do not reflect the views of the FSF or my position at the FSF. This is a point that has been stirring in my mind for some time.  In addition to my free software experience I have also […]

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Our heartbleed[s] Discussion at People Links Digital Gathering

For those of you who might not know, Cyberunions is a proud member of May First / People Link (If you’d like to host your site on our servers join mayfirst here) who this year began a monthly digital gathering called People Links and this month the discussion is quite intriguing about the heartbleed security […]

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New Design to a Point

This is a new design I am playing with at the moment, as the platform pro we had before no longer is supported, as since we have a history of an old theme coming back to haunt us, the new theme has been put to use. Please let us know what you think. You may […]

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