TECH WORKERS: There’s a petition calling on our leaders to get ICE out of our cities, and to cancel all contracts with the agency. Sign and share the petition at iceout.tech, and then look for ways to get organized at work.
This week on @wired.com Big Interview: I talked to two tech workers who signed the ICEout.tech open letter about the momentum behind the movement, the pressure on Big Tech execs, and what they'd tell tech employees who haven't signed on yet.
"The stakes are too high not to act and not to speak up."
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Silicon Valley Tech Workers Are Campaigning to Get ICE Out of US Cities: A growing movement of over 1,000 Silicon Valley tech employees, organized under ICEout.tech, is urging company executives to publicly condemn Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and sever t… https://ranked.news/149441?u=b
And folks are also working to build solidarity across the industry. The ICEOut.tech pledge (disclosure: I was an early signer and know the folks organizing) is up to 2000 signatures, many who have made their names public, and many who have prestigious roles at well-known companies.
Worker activism in tech is back. It's starting with opposition to ICE, but I think it will spill over into other areas.
This thread will share what's happened recently and what I think might be next. As well as ways for folks to get involved if they want to.
If you're in tech, please sign this: iceout.tech (and follow @iceouttech.bsky.social). My guess is the vast majority of us are not OK with what's going on and it's vital that we make our voices heard.
it's breaking through. bsky.app/profile/hank...
LinkedIn normies are also posting about this, and not just the usual social justice-y suspects. The business community is rattled.
Are you a tech worker or tech company leader who sees what's happening in Minnesota—and across the US—as the tipping point for no longer being silent about your personal politics? My DMs are open; Signal handle is in my bio.
No more White House trips unless it's to say ICE OUT! (And even that doesn't require a visit...)
I just want people outside of Minneapolis to watch this and imagine listening to that noise over you literally all the time
in October, they persuaded Trump to call off a planned ICE surge in San Francisco, and big tech CEOs are in the White House tonight. Now they need to go further, and join us in demanding ICE out of all of our cities. iceout.tech
Their goal is terror, cruelty, and suppression of dissent. This must end.. Tech professionals are speaking up against this brutality, and we call on all our colleagues who share our values to use their voice. We know our industry leaders have leverage:
“We condemn the Border Patrol’s killing of Alex Pretti and the violent surge of federal agents across our cities. The wanton brutality we’ve seen from ICE and CBP has removed any credibility that these actions are about immigration enforcement...