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Who protects the people protecting us online?
Only 23% of U.S. data workers—including content moderators—surveyed by @alphabetworkersunion.org and TechEquity are covered by health insurance from their employer.
Only 23% of U.S. data workers—including content moderators—surveyed by @alphabetworkersunion.org and TechEquity are covered by health insurance from their employer.
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Who protects the people protecting us online?
Only 23% of U.S. data workers—including content moderators—surveyed by @alphabetworkersunion.org and TechEquity are covered by health insurance from their employer.
Only 23% of U.S. data workers—including content moderators—surveyed by @alphabetworkersunion.org and TechEquity are covered by health insurance from their employer.
Silicon Valley promises that technology will save us. But what if the financial system powering that dream is actually poisoning everything it touches?
@catherinebracy.com of @techequity.bsky.social on the @nerdreich.bsky.social podcast with @gilduran.com:
www.thenerdreich.com/techs-psycho...
@catherinebracy.com of @techequity.bsky.social on the @nerdreich.bsky.social podcast with @gilduran.com:
www.thenerdreich.com/techs-psycho...
Tech's Psychotic Break: 'Fentanyl Capitalism' Bets on Trump
Catherine Bracy on how venture capital's power law warped Silicon Valley, infected the economy, and why tech billionaires are all-in on Trump.
www.thenerdreich.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Silicon Valley promises that technology will save us. But what if the financial system powering that dream is actually poisoning everything it touches?
@catherinebracy.com of @techequity.bsky.social on the @nerdreich.bsky.social podcast with @gilduran.com:
www.thenerdreich.com/techs-psycho...
@catherinebracy.com of @techequity.bsky.social on the @nerdreich.bsky.social podcast with @gilduran.com:
www.thenerdreich.com/techs-psycho...
"Demanding that your union or your employer divest your pension and retirement from companies that do business with Israel can have a big impact"
- Ramah Kudaimi of @acrecampaigns.bsky.social in
@inthesetimes.com:
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
- Ramah Kudaimi of @acrecampaigns.bsky.social in
@inthesetimes.com:
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
This Is What Genocide Looks Like When Silicon Valley Writes the Brochure
Corporate, tech oligarchs are providing the infrastructure for and profiting off genocide in Gaza. But accountability is closer than you think.
inthesetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Demanding that your union or your employer divest your pension and retirement from companies that do business with Israel can have a big impact"
- Ramah Kudaimi of @acrecampaigns.bsky.social in
@inthesetimes.com:
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
- Ramah Kudaimi of @acrecampaigns.bsky.social in
@inthesetimes.com:
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
Fighting layoffs is just the start - better working conditions for all is the goal:
www.chronicle.com/article/anxi...
@uptecwa.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/anxi...
@uptecwa.bsky.social
They Were Spared From Campus Cuts. Now They’re Picking Up the Pieces.
What it’s like to be one of the “lucky” ones.
www.chronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Fighting layoffs is just the start - better working conditions for all is the goal:
www.chronicle.com/article/anxi...
@uptecwa.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/anxi...
@uptecwa.bsky.social
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Think that gig work requires sacrificing worker rights? Pronita Gupta and I describe a way to provide good jobs and REAL flexibility for those who need both. And it doesn't rhyme with "tuber." www.commondreams.org/opinion/gig-... @caseygrants.bsky.social @theworkeragency.com
Gigs That Work For All | Common Dreams
A California pilot program offers a new blueprint for workforce development.
www.commondreams.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Think that gig work requires sacrificing worker rights? Pronita Gupta and I describe a way to provide good jobs and REAL flexibility for those who need both. And it doesn't rhyme with "tuber." www.commondreams.org/opinion/gig-... @caseygrants.bsky.social @theworkeragency.com
"National Guard troops can provide a “cover” for these other federal entities to make arrests" - @katechatfield.bsky.social, executive director of @calpublicdefenders.bsky.social in @missionlocal.org:
missionlocal.org/2025/10/nati...
missionlocal.org/2025/10/nati...
Court lets Trump send National Guard to Portland. What about S.F.?
National Guard is just one of many concerns for San Francisco, which can do little to prevent an influx of ICE, CBP, DHS, DEA or FBI agents
missionlocal.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"National Guard troops can provide a “cover” for these other federal entities to make arrests" - @katechatfield.bsky.social, executive director of @calpublicdefenders.bsky.social in @missionlocal.org:
missionlocal.org/2025/10/nati...
missionlocal.org/2025/10/nati...
"We are trying to bend the arc of the tech industry towards making sure that the industry is creating opportunity for everybody. Not just sucking all the wealth up to the top."
- @catherinebracy.com of @techequity.bsky.social on @thedailyshow.com last night!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD-4...
- @catherinebracy.com of @techequity.bsky.social on @thedailyshow.com last night!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD-4...
Catherine Bracy - TechEquity & Venture Capital “World Eaters” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"We are trying to bend the arc of the tech industry towards making sure that the industry is creating opportunity for everybody. Not just sucking all the wealth up to the top."
- @catherinebracy.com of @techequity.bsky.social on @thedailyshow.com last night!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD-4...
- @catherinebracy.com of @techequity.bsky.social on @thedailyshow.com last night!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD-4...
"Retaking control of our collective financial investment is an essential part of the fight against fascism and the destruction of our communities."
- @acrecampaigns.bsky.social's @saqibbhatti.bsky.social and Sare Myklebust in @inthesetimes.com:
inthesetimes.com/article/stra...
- @acrecampaigns.bsky.social's @saqibbhatti.bsky.social and Sare Myklebust in @inthesetimes.com:
inthesetimes.com/article/stra...
A Strategy to Stop the Flow of Our Money to Billionaires
The trillions of dollars in our retirement savings are enriching the ultra wealthy while they ravage our communities. A mass movement led by workers and pensioners can turn off the tap.
inthesetimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"Retaking control of our collective financial investment is an essential part of the fight against fascism and the destruction of our communities."
- @acrecampaigns.bsky.social's @saqibbhatti.bsky.social and Sare Myklebust in @inthesetimes.com:
inthesetimes.com/article/stra...
- @acrecampaigns.bsky.social's @saqibbhatti.bsky.social and Sare Myklebust in @inthesetimes.com:
inthesetimes.com/article/stra...
"One factor is declining job security in white-collar industries, a trend particularly apparent to tech employees. Since 2020, tech companies have unleashed rounds of mass layoffs, inspiring calls for worker protections across the industry."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The future of white-collar work may be unionized
Law firms, banks and tech companies are seeing an uptick in employees choosing to join unions.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"One factor is declining job security in white-collar industries, a trend particularly apparent to tech employees. Since 2020, tech companies have unleashed rounds of mass layoffs, inspiring calls for worker protections across the industry."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“The way layoffs happened at Google, where it wasn’t clear what the reason for people getting laid off was, definitely created a sense of job insecurity and mistrust”
- Parul Koul, @alphabetworkersunion.org prez + Google engineer, in @washingtonpost.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- Parul Koul, @alphabetworkersunion.org prez + Google engineer, in @washingtonpost.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The future of white-collar work may be unionized
Law firms, banks and tech companies are seeing an uptick in employees choosing to join unions.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“The way layoffs happened at Google, where it wasn’t clear what the reason for people getting laid off was, definitely created a sense of job insecurity and mistrust”
- Parul Koul, @alphabetworkersunion.org prez + Google engineer, in @washingtonpost.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- Parul Koul, @alphabetworkersunion.org prez + Google engineer, in @washingtonpost.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“Uber and Lyft, because of their vast control of information and algorithms, are always in a position where they have the advantage,” said [David] Weil, who led the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division during the Obama administration.
www.kqed.org/news/1205779...
www.kqed.org/news/1205779...
www.kqed.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“Uber and Lyft, because of their vast control of information and algorithms, are always in a position where they have the advantage,” said [David] Weil, who led the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division during the Obama administration.
www.kqed.org/news/1205779...
www.kqed.org/news/1205779...
“The gist of it is making sure workers are protected from these crazy and spontaneous changes that the Trump administration has been making. We’re fighting for job security for all of us.”
- Olivia Asemota of @alphabetworkersunion.org in @calmatters.org:
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
- Olivia Asemota of @alphabetworkersunion.org in @calmatters.org:
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
H-1B visa fees, tariffs, a stake in Intel? How Silicon Valley has fared under Trump
Trump’s policies have affected Nvidia, AMD and the tech industry in different ways. Some experts worry about the effects on innovation.
calmatters.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
“The gist of it is making sure workers are protected from these crazy and spontaneous changes that the Trump administration has been making. We’re fighting for job security for all of us.”
- Olivia Asemota of @alphabetworkersunion.org in @calmatters.org:
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
- Olivia Asemota of @alphabetworkersunion.org in @calmatters.org:
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
"If we shift our perspective from managing to prevention, we can look at how we might change the conditions that lead to domestic violence all year long."
- @jacpatrissi.bsky.social in the @bostonherald.com:
www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/02/p...
- @jacpatrissi.bsky.social in the @bostonherald.com:
www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/02/p...
Patrissi: Shifting focus to domestic violence prevention
We can work with individuals to effect change, helping them become a positive example that shows others how it is possible to stop these violent behaviors, become reliably safe, and eventually beco…
www.bostonherald.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"If we shift our perspective from managing to prevention, we can look at how we might change the conditions that lead to domestic violence all year long."
- @jacpatrissi.bsky.social in the @bostonherald.com:
www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/02/p...
- @jacpatrissi.bsky.social in the @bostonherald.com:
www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/02/p...
"This program, like so many other Uber tactics, is...a piece of corporate theater, carefully staged to magnify the smallest possible outcomes while obscuring the widespread harm" - Veronica Avila of @acrecampaigns.bsky.social in @phoenixnewtimes.com
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/op-ed-a...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/op-ed-a...
Op-ed: Uber’s partnership with ASU is an exploitative sham
The rideshare company is touting a new free tuition program for drivers, but it’s really just polishing its image.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"This program, like so many other Uber tactics, is...a piece of corporate theater, carefully staged to magnify the smallest possible outcomes while obscuring the widespread harm" - Veronica Avila of @acrecampaigns.bsky.social in @phoenixnewtimes.com
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/op-ed-a...
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/op-ed-a...
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HAPPENING NOW: Alphabet Workers Union members are outside of the Google offices in NYC speaking out against the Trump administration’s H-1B visa proclamation!
Tune in: www.facebook.com/AlphabetWork...
Tune in: www.facebook.com/AlphabetWork...
September 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Alphabet Workers Union members are outside of the Google offices in NYC speaking out against the Trump administration’s H-1B visa proclamation!
Tune in: www.facebook.com/AlphabetWork...
Tune in: www.facebook.com/AlphabetWork...
"We are drivers for Uber, and we’ll be joined outside the conference by others representing the vast majority of AI workers: those whom the technology is being used against. We are eager to share our stories."
Yesterday, Uber drivers held an action in front of the AI Conference in San Francisco where Uber VP of AI and Product Jai Malkani was a featured speaker, telling their story about what it is like when AI is used *against* you. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
This new technology is making it harder for me to make a living driving for Uber and Lyft
OPINION: “Nothing will stop AI from being used in new ways to keep good wages out of reach, and make it easier to treat workers as disposable,” Daryush K-Mobarakeh writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"We are drivers for Uber, and we’ll be joined outside the conference by others representing the vast majority of AI workers: those whom the technology is being used against. We are eager to share our stories."
Yesterday, Uber drivers held an action in front of the AI Conference in San Francisco where Uber VP of AI and Product Jai Malkani was a featured speaker, telling their story about what it is like when AI is used *against* you. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
This new technology is making it harder for me to make a living driving for Uber and Lyft
OPINION: “Nothing will stop AI from being used in new ways to keep good wages out of reach, and make it easier to treat workers as disposable,” Daryush K-Mobarakeh writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Yesterday, Uber drivers held an action in front of the AI Conference in San Francisco where Uber VP of AI and Product Jai Malkani was a featured speaker, telling their story about what it is like when AI is used *against* you. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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If DHS can violently attack journalists and citizen observers without any consequences, none of us are safe anywhere in the country.
#protest #LAProtests #PressFreedom #ProtectJournalists
#protest #LAProtests #PressFreedom #ProtectJournalists
Freedoms Under Attack: DHS Violence Against Journalists, Observers, and Protesters
YouTube video by The Center for Media and Democracy
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If DHS can violently attack journalists and citizen observers without any consequences, none of us are safe anywhere in the country.
#protest #LAProtests #PressFreedom #ProtectJournalists
#protest #LAProtests #PressFreedom #ProtectJournalists
"Workers...claim they are increasingly concerned that they are being set up to replace themselves...GlobalLogic seems to be using these human raters to train the Google AI system that could automatically rate the responses, with the aim of replacing them with AI."
www.wired.com/story/hundre...
www.wired.com/story/hundre...
Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions
Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, sources tell WIRED. It’s the latest development in a conflict over pay and alleg...
www.wired.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"Workers...claim they are increasingly concerned that they are being set up to replace themselves...GlobalLogic seems to be using these human raters to train the Google AI system that could automatically rate the responses, with the aim of replacing them with AI."
www.wired.com/story/hundre...
www.wired.com/story/hundre...
"Workers are a crucial line of defense against unlawful or noncompliant behavior by management. We see it first...When workers have a union...those calculations can change." - Stephen McMurtry of @alphabetworkersunion.org in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/empowered-wo...
www.techpolicy.press/empowered-wo...
Empowered Workers Are a Bulwark Against Illegal Monopoly | TechPolicy.Press
Stephen McMurtry makes the case for unionized employees to help curb Big Tech market abuses and protect the public interest.
www.techpolicy.press
September 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Workers are a crucial line of defense against unlawful or noncompliant behavior by management. We see it first...When workers have a union...those calculations can change." - Stephen McMurtry of @alphabetworkersunion.org in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/empowered-wo...
www.techpolicy.press/empowered-wo...
"The “MechaHitler” episode is no joke. It exposes how slight tweaks to AI products can trigger sudden, unpredictable downstream effects."
- Christopher Dols of @fedworkersunited.bsky.social in @thehill.com:
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
- Christopher Dols of @fedworkersunited.bsky.social in @thehill.com:
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
thehill.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"The “MechaHitler” episode is no joke. It exposes how slight tweaks to AI products can trigger sudden, unpredictable downstream effects."
- Christopher Dols of @fedworkersunited.bsky.social in @thehill.com:
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
- Christopher Dols of @fedworkersunited.bsky.social in @thehill.com:
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
“When we were making the case for Lisa Cook’s nomination, we found that only two of 417 Federal Reserve staff positions at the time were Black; 318 of them were White. That’s a really big problem” - @saqibbhatti.bsky.social of @acrecampaigns.bsky.social in @cnn.com :
www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/e...
Diversity at the Fed took one step forward. Now Trump is taking it two steps back | CNN Business
Throughout the Federal Reserve’s 111-year history, its top policymakers have mostly been white men. Now some recent progress diversifying the ranks of the world’s most powerful bank is being undone.
www.cnn.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“When we were making the case for Lisa Cook’s nomination, we found that only two of 417 Federal Reserve staff positions at the time were Black; 318 of them were White. That’s a really big problem” - @saqibbhatti.bsky.social of @acrecampaigns.bsky.social in @cnn.com :
www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/e...
"Almost everyone in the business community thinks the tariffs are a bad idea, but CEOs are all too aware that saying so could put their job and company at risk of retaliation from the administration" - Sachin Shivaram of the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | My workers voted for Trump. Now they’re absorbing the impact.
Business was growing for our aluminum foundry. Then came the tariffs.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"Almost everyone in the business community thinks the tariffs are a bad idea, but CEOs are all too aware that saying so could put their job and company at risk of retaliation from the administration" - Sachin Shivaram of the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
New in @capitolweekly.bsky.social - @katechatfield.bsky.social and @brendonwoodspd.bsky.social on getting ICE out of California courthouses:
capitolweekly.net/ice-raids-in...
capitolweekly.net/ice-raids-in...
ICE raids in our courts must stop now - Capitol Weekly
OPINION – Since January, ICE agents have arrested at least 22 people at California state courthouses in Fresno – with no regard for due process or dignity. These individuals were not fugitives. Some w...
capitolweekly.net
August 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
New in @capitolweekly.bsky.social - @katechatfield.bsky.social and @brendonwoodspd.bsky.social on getting ICE out of California courthouses:
capitolweekly.net/ice-raids-in...
capitolweekly.net/ice-raids-in...
Super interesting look at the machinations of state government potentially standing in the way of important AI regulation, featuring @techequity.us: calmatters.org/economy/tech...
Three bills would protect California workers from AI management, but will costs stand in the way?
Three California Legislative bills would govern how companies use AI in employment decisions, but they may be in jeopardy because of costs.
calmatters.org
August 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Super interesting look at the machinations of state government potentially standing in the way of important AI regulation, featuring @techequity.us: calmatters.org/economy/tech...