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We are an interdisciplinary group of over 650 experts in labor, technology, anti-racism, feminism, and transnationalism. 🐘: @labortech@union.place

Joined February 2021
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Hi friends, We are shutting down our account here. We're on Bluesky (labortech), Mastodon (labortech @ union [dot] place), Instagram (@ labortechgroup), and LinkedIn. In solidarity, The Labor Tech Research Network
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More Perfect Union
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8 Nov 2024
The NLRB has ruled that employers can't tell workers that forming a union will hurt their relationship with management. This ruling overturns a precedent established in 1985 and deals another blow to the union-busting playbook. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…

NLRB Tosses 40-Year Stance on Manager Unionization Threats (1)

Employers are no longer categorically allowed to tell workers that unionization will negatively impact their relationship with management, a split National Labor Relations Board ruled, overturning a...

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New book! Cyberboss:The Rise of Algorithmic Management and the New Struggle for Control at Work by Craig Gent versobooks.com/products/2958…

Cyberboss

Across the world, algorithms are changing the nature of work. Nowhere is this clearer than in the logistics and distribution sectors, where workers are instructed, tracked and monitored by increasi...

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Samantha Dalal@SamanthaDalal
4 Nov 2024
Hi friends! I’m on the academic job market this year :) I’m a critical participatory design researcher who builds pathways for communities to participate in the design, monitoring, and reg of workplace tech. Please lmk if there are positions you think I’d be a good fit for <3
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Milagros Miceli@MilagrosMiceli
4 Nov 2024
Last panel of this year's talk series! We'll discuss GenAI labor's impacts and how translators, artists and writers are forced into unpaid data work. 🗓️Monday, Nov 11, 9:00 – 11:30 am PT 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET 6:00 – 7:30 pm CET RSVP: events.zoom.us/ev/AoEkvePmTH… Speakers🧵👇
Flyer for the event. Data Workers' Inquiry talk series. 11/11. data-workers.org/events. Who else does data work? Speakers: John López (wga), Alex Minshall (Guerrilla Media Collective), Oscar Araya (Arte es Ètica), Rafael Grohmann (University of Toronto). Moderation: Milagros Miceli. English with captions.

ALT Flyer for the event. Data Workers' Inquiry talk series. 11/11. data-workers.org/events. Who else does data work? Speakers: John López (wga), Alex Minshall (Guerrilla Media Collective), Oscar Araya (Arte es Ètica), Rafael Grohmann (University of Toronto). Moderation: Milagros Miceli. English with captions.

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‘Double Standards and Hypocrisy’: The Dissent at Cisco Over the War in Gaza wired.com/story/cisco-dissen…

‘Double Standards and Hypocrisy’: The Dissent at Cisco Over the War in Gaza

Employees at Cisco revealed to WIRED the challenges they’ve encountered while petitioning for the cancellation of contracts with Israel and greater recognition of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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Amazon launched a program for Indian handicrafts. Local artisans say it’s not working restofworld.org/2024/amazon-…

Amazon launched a program for Indian handicrafts. Local artisans say it’s not working

Makers say Amazon Karigar has failed to distinguish their crafts from mass-produced items.

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Job: Tenure-Track Faculty in Digital Media - Open Rank (Georgia Tech) careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu…
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CFP: A session at the 9th SISEC Conference titled "Social Media as Tools for Resisting and Exposing Precarious Work Conditions in Contemporary Global Capitalism" For more info: sisec.it/wp-content/uploads/… To submit: sisec.it/
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More Perfect Union
@MorePerfectUS
24 Oct 2024
"Many workers have said that a big sticking point is bringing back pensions, which Boeing hasn’t offered to anyone hired since a 2014 contract ratification. Instead of pensions, the company had offered improvements to those employees’ 401(k) plans." substack.perfectunion.us/p/b…

Boeing Workers Vote Down Deal, Continue Strike

IAM members voted by 64% to reject the contract.

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More Perfect Union
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25 Oct 2024
NEW: Salesforce invented a new way for companies to make money, and we're paying the price. Everything is a subscription now. Printers, refrigerators, and even cars make you pay monthly fees. So you’re forced to rent the things you already own, while greedy execs get rich.
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Stanford PACS@StanfordPACS
10 Oct 2024
Next up in our TCP Speaker Series, @HZeavin of @ucbhistory joins us to explore how midcentury metaphors of "hot" and "cold" mothers shaped psychological studies, media theory, and the modern discourse on parenting, race, and neurodivergence. RSVP to join: eventbrite.com/e/technology-…
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New book from LaborTech member Elizabeth Chiarello! Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis press.princeton.edu/books/ha…

Policing Patients

An inside look at the culture of surveillance that pits healthcare providers against their patients

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Did you know LinkedIn is collecting user data to train their AI systems? To opt out, click here: linkedin.com/mypreferences/d…

LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn

Login to LinkedIn to keep in touch with people you know, share ideas, and build your career.

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New publication from LaborTech members Devika Narayan and Benjamin Shestakofsky! "Relationships That Matter: Four Perspectives on AI, Work, and Organizations" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

Relationships That Matter: Four Perspectives on AI, Work, and Organizations - Devika Narayan,...

The past decade has witnessed a surge of interest in how AI will transform work and organizations, presenting scholars with the difficult task of studying emerg...

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New publication from LaborTech member Azer Kılıç! "Universal Basic Income as a Response to Automation? Attitudes of Human Translators Facing Neural Machine Translation" doi.org/10.1177/089692052412…

Universal Basic Income as a Response to Automation? Attitudes of Human Translators Facing Neural...

How do professionals who may be at risk of job loss due to AI-driven automation view a universal basic income (UBI) as a policy response to technological unempl...

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New book from LaborTech member Tom Boellstorff and co-author Braxton Soderman Intellivision: How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie mitpress.mit.edu/97802625495…

Intellivision

Astrosmash, Snafu, Star Strike, Utopia—do these names sound familiar to you? No? Maybe? They were all videogames created for the Intellivision videogame sy...

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MCF Summer School series: a virtual exploration of Dr. Angela Davis’s powerful book Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement caseygrants-14489270.hs-site…
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Walmart Warehouse Workers Win First Union in Canada labornotes.org/2024/10/walma…
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How Uber and Lyft Used a Loophole to Deny NYC Drivers Millions in Pay bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

How Uber and Lyft Used a Loophole to Deny NYC Drivers Millions in Pay

Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of their apps to game a NYC wage law, denying drivers millions in pay

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