The shrinking dream of the #TechWorker — from “maker of a #DentInTheUniverse” to “disposable source of free cash-flow for a #StockBuyback”

https://doctorow.medium.com/the-proletarianization-of-tech-workers-ad0a6b09f7e6?sk=6dc50e8e1afc9bbd523a2fee4959e5c0

#Labor #Unions #TechUnions

If you're coming back from an extended Christmas holiday and your Slack is full of messages:

CTRL+SHIFT+A

Then press ESC till you like what's left.

#TechTip #Slack #TechWorker

Once you understand that corporate conduct is a matter of power, not personality, then you understand that the way to prevent companies from harming you is to meet their power with #CountervailingPower. This is why #TechWorker #unions matter: organized #labor has historically been the most important check on corporate power, which is why tech companies are so vicious in the face of union drives:

https://www.epi.org/publication/unions-decline-inequality-rises/

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Looks interesting: Tech Worker Organizing in China: A New Model for Workers Battling a Repressive State, a discussion piece by Kevin Lin. (Kevin was lead organizer of the Labor Notes Asia conference in Taiwan last summer.)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1095796020916201?fbclid=IwAR2L_LQ_4h0kN3b30xLCix0MLrskHcAssOU3bDUtBokHFeFJYRiyUhBU1t8
#techworker #union #china