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Ethan Marcotte<p>A must-read piece from a tech worker at Google, arguing for a worker-led “AI arms embargo”: <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/society/</span><span class="invisible">google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/NoTechForApartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoTechForApartheid</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/organizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organizing</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>🦊</p><p>I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.</p><p>Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same:</p><p><a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refresh-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refres</span><span class="invisible">h-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/YDATUbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YDATUbook</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>“Today, Alphabet Workers Union-CWA members on the Google Help team secured a first collective contract with Google vendor Accenture, becoming the first group of AWU-CWA represented workers to bargain a collective contract and only the second group of Google office workers ever to do so.”</p><p>WONDERFUL NEWS <a href="https://www.alphabetworkersunion.org/press/google-help-workers-ratify-collective-contract-with-accenture-first-in-alphabet-workers-union-cwa-history" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alphabetworkersunion.org/press</span><span class="invisible">/google-help-workers-ratify-collective-contract-with-accenture-first-in-alphabet-workers-union-cwa-history</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>oh my yes <a href="https://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/DC6A8DF1-B6EB-4BFE-9CC7-774147737354#gallery" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">detroithistorical.pastperfecto</span><span class="invisible">nline.com/archive/DC6A8DF1-B6EB-4BFE-9CC7-774147737354#gallery</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>Always remember that advances in “artificial intelligence” are driven directly by exploited human labor: specifically, by underpaid contractors working under tremendous precarity, often while reviewing horribly traumatizing content:</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/labelers-training-ai-say-theyre-overworked-underpaid-and-exploited-60-minutes-transcript/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/labelers-trai</span><span class="invisible">ning-ai-say-theyre-overworked-underpaid-and-exploited-60-minutes-transcript/</span></a></p><p>(cw: descriptions of having viewed violent, extreme content; discussion of resulting trauma by those who viewed it)</p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
Jackson Silvernail<p>The New York Times Tech Guild is officially on strike: washingtonpost.com/style/media...
<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a>@beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com</p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>The New York Times Tech Guild is officially on strike: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/11/04/new-york-times-tech-strike-walkout/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/style/media</span><span class="invisible">/2024/11/04/new-york-times-tech-strike-walkout/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>“The Tech Guild says Times management bargained for only seven hours in September, what they considered insufficient to reaching a deal.”</p><p>Some good coverage from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@washingtonpost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>washingtonpost</span></a></span> on the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://union.place/@NYTGuildTech" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NYTGuildTech</span></a></span>’s strike threat: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/23/new-york-times-tech-guild-strike/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/style/media</span><span class="invisible">/2024/10/23/new-york-times-tech-guild-strike/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>BABY’S FIRST RADIO INTERVIEW! I had a wonderful time on KKFI’s Heartland Labor Forum, getting interviewed about tech unions, who gets to be a “tech worker,” and — you guessed it — YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION:</p><p><a href="https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/why-are-they-trying-to-outlaw-rank-choice-voting-and-ethan-marcotte-you-deserve-a-tech-union/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kkfi.org/program-episodes/why-</span><span class="invisible">are-they-trying-to-outlaw-rank-choice-voting-and-ethan-marcotte-you-deserve-a-tech-union/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/YDATUbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YDATUbook</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interview</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
bumpynux<p>Taking Mastodon for another test drive… what’s the best way to find people to follow? Should I join a server specific to my interests? Search tags? I’m mostly here for tech/FOSS and left labor. <a href="https://c.im/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>🦊</p><p>Last year, I wrote a book called YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION; several months later, my publisher decided to close its doors.</p><p>This is a post about what happens next: <a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/reacquired/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/reacqu</span><span class="invisible">ired/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/YDATUbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YDATUbook</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL NEWS: <a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/bethesda-game-studios-union-ZDA3AQGAPVDD3EEPAGBC5V6XJA/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebaltimorebanner.com/economy</span><span class="invisible">/bethesda-game-studios-union-ZDA3AQGAPVDD3EEPAGBC5V6XJA/</span></a></p><p>“Workers at Maryland-based Bethesda Game Studios, the company behind blockbuster games such as ‘Starfield,’ the ‘Elder Scrolls’ series and the ‘Fallout’ series, have formed a union, according to the Communications Workers of America.”</p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>”In [management’s] view, the mere act of attending the meeting was enough to demonstrate their good faith. Instead, they inadvertently made the union’s case clear: that if we do not push, we will not receive; that if we choose not to speak, we will never be heard.”</p><p>A wonderful essay from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.eu/@jalcine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jalcine</span></a></span>, with background on how CfA Workers United fought for&nbsp;— and together, how they *won* — their first contract. <a href="https://www.kernelmag.io/4/labor-luck" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">kernelmag.io/4/labor-luck</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>New from me over at WBUR: I wrote about the workers’ letter that likely saved Sam Altman’s job at OpenAI, and my complicated feelings about it. <a href="https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2023/12/06/artificial-intelligence-tech-workers-collective-action-sam-altman-ethan-marcotte" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wbur.org/cognoscenti/2023/12/0</span><span class="invisible">6/artificial-intelligence-tech-workers-collective-action-sam-altman-ethan-marcotte</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/CollectiveAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollectiveAction</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>WHAT WONDERFUL NEWS <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgeiqEaaqiM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=sgeiqEaaqi</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a></p>
Pratik Patel<p>Funny how Sam Altman is available to do interviews about unrelated topics like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/remote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>remote</span></a> work and how it's not possible. </p><p>“A spokesperson for OpenAI said no one was available to answer questions about its use of AI contractors.”</p><p>well, yes <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/openai-chatgpt-ai-jobs-contractors-talk-shadow-workforce-powers-rcna81892" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/op</span><span class="invisible">enai-chatgpt-ai-jobs-contractors-talk-shadow-workforce-powers-rcna81892</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InvisibleWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvisibleWorkers</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>“A spokesperson for OpenAI said no one was available to answer questions about its use of AI contractors.”</p><p>well, yes <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/openai-chatgpt-ai-jobs-contractors-talk-shadow-workforce-powers-rcna81892" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/op</span><span class="invisible">enai-chatgpt-ai-jobs-contractors-talk-shadow-workforce-powers-rcna81892</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/InvisibleWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvisibleWorkers</span></a></p>
Clayton Dewey<p>Some great May Day news.</p><p>Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and ChatGPT Kenyan content moderators formed a union.</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unions</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://nation.africa/kenya/business/technology/facebook-youtube-and-tiktok-content-moderators-in-kenya-form-labour-union-4219046" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nation.africa/kenya/business/t</span><span class="invisible">echnology/facebook-youtube-and-tiktok-content-moderators-in-kenya-form-labour-union-4219046</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>Marvelous, marvelous news. <a href="https://nation.africa/kenya/business/technology/facebook-youtube-and-tiktok-content-moderators-in-kenya-form-labour-union-4219046" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nation.africa/kenya/business/t</span><span class="invisible">echnology/facebook-youtube-and-tiktok-content-moderators-in-kenya-form-labour-union-4219046</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>WONDERFUL NEWS <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/26/youtube-music-union-google/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2023/04/26/yout</span><span class="invisible">ube-music-union-google/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a></p>
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