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A worker-led project to advance the tech workers movement. collectiveaction.tech
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We've just published the first response to our call for new organizing tactics in the tech sector, by an anonymous software engineer: The Case for Sabotage collectiveactionintech.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
The case for sabotage
Creative tactics for a tech worker strike
collectiveactionintech.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Proud to be a part of this great effort led by @ainowinstitute.bsky.social
The 90+ organizations supporting a People's AI Action Plan all have concrete, actionable ideas for an AI agenda that furthers the interests of everyday people and challenges the tech billionaire agenda we’ll see from the White House. Learn more about them: peoplesaiaction.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We've just published the first response to our call for new organizing tactics in the tech sector, by an anonymous software engineer: The Case for Sabotage collectiveactionintech.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
The case for sabotage
Creative tactics for a tech worker strike
collectiveactionintech.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Proud to be a part of this great effort led by @ainowinstitute.bsky.social
The 90+ organizations supporting a People's AI Action Plan all have concrete, actionable ideas for an AI agenda that furthers the interests of everyday people and challenges the tech billionaire agenda we’ll see from the White House. Learn more about them: peoplesaiaction.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Trump administration’s forthcoming AI action plan will inevitably center industry interests & lead to the unrestrained, unaccountable roll-out of AI into every part of our lives. We’re among the 90+ orgs demanding an AI policy agenda that puts the interests of people first. peoplesaiaction.com
People's AI Action Plan
peoplesaiaction.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Bay Area friends, Gig Workers Rising is organizing a protest against surveillance pricing for platform-based drivers on July 1st in San Francisco ✊ 🚗

Surveillance pricing gives drivers NO transparency into how their hard work is valued. It's time for this practice to stop!
June 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The tech worker movement is in crisis and we want to hear from YOU!

We’re launching a new series to highlight the problems that workers are facing in this new political environment. Submissions are open until July 30th, 2025. Please send your responses to hello@collectiveaction.tech
Time For A New Playbook?
A call for new strategies to rebuild the tech worker movement.
collectiveactionintech.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚡ We're migrating our email list to Substack– and relaunching the site with a new and improved look ⚡ Check it out and stay tuned for weekly posts, new essays, an archive update, and much more to come!
Welcome to the Collective Action in Tech newsletter!
Why we’re migrating our mailing list to a newsletter, and what you can expect in the coming weeks 👀
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Brilliant project mapping the network of contracting firms that make the hidden labor of AI possible— transparency is a critical first step
To highlight the workers who make AI possible, we must shine a light on this shadowy industry—

which is exactly what TechEquity has done: dataworklandscape.org?utm_medium=s...
June 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Join us at #FAccT2025 for the AI Workers’ Inquiry CRAFT workshop, where workers, organizers, and labor experts will explore how AI is transforming our workplaces and discuss strategies for collective resistance. RSVP and more info: ai-workers-inquiry.github.io
AI WORKERS' INQUIRY
AI Workers' Inquiry is a FAccT 2025 CRAFT workshop that brings together workers, organizers, and labor experts to explore how AI is transforming our workplaces and discuss strategies for collective re...
ai-workers-inquiry.github.io
June 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
✊👇 Opportunity for activism right here ✊👇 We're documenting collective actions by tech workers in the federal government. Taking all steps to protect anonymity in the process

Help us out by messaging with relevant actions. DMs are open
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”
apnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Great event from our friends @techequity.bsky.social for California-based workers. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2023 gives you the right to see the data your employer has gathered on you– learn more about your rights at this session!
January 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Join us on Thursday, January 30th, 6-7pm PT for an informational session on exercising your data rights in California!

Register now: techequity.us/event/tech-w...
Tech Worker Rights: Know Your Data Rights in California - TechEquity Collaborative
Employers are notorious for collecting data about workers without much transparency about what is collected and how this information is used. Workers and researchers have highlighted examples of how d...
techequity.us
January 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We're at #FAccT2024 giving away this new zine: A Time Capsule of Workers Stories in the Age of Gen AI. This is a window into the complex relationship between workers and the AI we use (or are forced to use) and produce, but also resist and subvert… collectiveaction.tech/2024/bits-in...
Bits in the Machine - Collective Action in Tech
A Time Capsule of Worker's Stories in the Age of Generative AI
collectiveaction.tech
June 5, 2024 at 2:16 AM
We will not be complicit in apartheid.
We will not be complicit in genocide.
We will not be complicit in occupation.

This new guide is for tech workers demanding Palestinian liberation.

collectiveaction.tech/2024/organiz...
Organizing Against Genocide - Collective Action in Tech
A quick start guide for organizing the Tech Industry for Palestinian Liberation
collectiveaction.tech
January 12, 2024 at 1:48 AM