As a former UXer this rings true. In fact, this is why I switched careers many, many moons ago. It sucks that nothing has changed.

Yet.

Also: tech workers *need to unionize.* For fair treatment *and* socially responsible products.

Unions = Tech Worker Power.

#techunions
#unionize
#UX

The Washington Post Tech Guild

WONDERFUL NEWS: the Washington Post’s tech workers are unionizing! posttechguild.org

#TechUnions #unions #1u

Google Help Workers Ratify Collective Contract With Accenture, First In Alphabet Workers Union-CWA History Dec 18, 2024 - Press Release from AWU-CWA

HEY WONDERFUL NEWS www.alphabetworkersunion.org/press/google...?

#1u #TechUnions #TechLabor

Tech Employers Lay Off Workers, but Get New Rounds of H-1Bs You might think that employers that laid off large numbers of their tech workers would not be able to bring in more foreign workers in the H-1B program. You would be wrong.

Why isn't there a push for #techunions as layoffs continue along with H-1B visa hiring by big tech companies?

Times to strike. — ethanmarcotte.com The largest union of tech workers just went on strike.

🦊

A few quick thoughts on the New York Times Tech Guild strike, why it matters, and what it means for the rest of us:

ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/times-...

#unions #TechUnions #1u #blogging

The New York Times Tech Guild is officially on STRIKE 📢

#unions #TechUnions #TechLabor #1u

What happens if the NYT’s tech staff strikes on election night? A message from Times journalists to executives asks: “Can you imagine if our election needle didn’t work?”

“The Tech Guild says Times management bargained for only seven hours in September, what they considered insufficient to reaching a deal.”

Some good coverage from @washingtonpost.com on the NYT Tech Guild’s strike threat: www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

#1u #labor #TechLabor #TechUnions

Reacquired. — ethanmarcotte.com Last year, I wrote a book. Several months later, my publisher closed its doors. This is about what happens next.

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Last year, I wrote a book called YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION; several months later, my publisher decided to close its doors.

This is a post about what happens next: ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/reacqu...

#YDATUbook #TechUnions #TechLabor #1u

A sign hung on the end of a bookcase in the Somerville Public Library. To the left is new non-fiction, to the right is audiobooks.

I’m standing in the library while wearing an N95 mask, a blue winter cap, and a long black coat. I’m looking down at my hands while holding a copy of my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, which my local library apparently just procured.

A library shelf of newly-acquired nonfiction books, with my latest book YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION in the middle. A person’s finger is pointing at my book from off-camera.

I’m standing in the library while wearing a KN95 mask, a blue winter cap, and a long black coat. I’m looking at the camera while I hold up a copy of my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, which my local library apparently just procured.

pals we went to the library today and they HAD my BOOK on their SHELVES

i know you can’t tell from the mask but i was legit beaming, this might’ve thrilled me more than spotting it in a bookstore

okay thanks

ps. I LOVE LIBRARIES

#YDATUbook #TechUnions #unions #1u #libraries