Natalia Luka
@nataliyan.bsky.social
Future of Work Lead, Responsible AI Initiative at UC Berkeley | natalialuka.com | re-ai.berkeley.edu| #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 | Cover photo: www.charlesgadeken.com/elder-mother
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· Oct 13
📢 New article alert 📢 "Unlikely Organizers: The Rise of Tech Worker Labor Activism" is out with @ilrreview.bsky.social
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
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From 2014 to 2022, tech workers’ social activism over #MeToo and Trump spurred the rise of bread-and-butter labor fights. Our article of the week examines the sources of class consciousness and labor activism in tech.
By @js-tan.bsky.social et al. in @ilrreview.bsky.social
buff.ly/DOl6IBm
By @js-tan.bsky.social et al. in @ilrreview.bsky.social
buff.ly/DOl6IBm
October 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
From 2014 to 2022, tech workers’ social activism over #MeToo and Trump spurred the rise of bread-and-butter labor fights. Our article of the week examines the sources of class consciousness and labor activism in tech.
By @js-tan.bsky.social et al. in @ilrreview.bsky.social
buff.ly/DOl6IBm
By @js-tan.bsky.social et al. in @ilrreview.bsky.social
buff.ly/DOl6IBm
@cellllla.bsky.social and I spoke with Eva Thiebaud for Options Magazine (France) about how the tech industry has changed politically since the Trump presidency and why techno-solutionism no longer holds any weight
www.media-options.fr/2025/10/10/e...
www.media-options.fr/2025/10/10/e...
États-Unis : face à Donald Trump et aux géants de la tech, se soumettre ou résister ? Media-Options Media Options
Depuis plusieurs mois, des salarié·es de la tech s’opposent à la vente à Tel-Aviv ou Washington d’outils facilitant la surveillance de masse. Retour sur une mobilisation, alors que Microsoft vient de ...
www.media-options.fr
October 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@cellllla.bsky.social and I spoke with Eva Thiebaud for Options Magazine (France) about how the tech industry has changed politically since the Trump presidency and why techno-solutionism no longer holds any weight
www.media-options.fr/2025/10/10/e...
www.media-options.fr/2025/10/10/e...
📢 New article alert 📢 "Unlikely Organizers: The Rise of Tech Worker Labor Activism" is out with @ilrreview.bsky.social
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
October 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
📢 New article alert 📢 "Unlikely Organizers: The Rise of Tech Worker Labor Activism" is out with @ilrreview.bsky.social
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
@js-tan.bsky.social, @emilymazo.bsky.social, and I find tech cos with political and social activism in the workplace saw 1.3x more labor activism in the next 6-12 months (1/2)
Reposted by Natalia Luka
So excited to share our new article on tech worker activism, co-authored with @nataliyan.bsky.social and @emilymazo.bsky.social, just published in the @ilrreview.bsky.social!
Baby’s first published academic article! @js-tan.bsky.social and @nataliyan.bsky.social and I analyzed the @techactions.bsky.social archive and find that tech worker labor organizing stands on the shoulders of prior struggle- conflict begets class conflict journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
So excited to share our new article on tech worker activism, co-authored with @nataliyan.bsky.social and @emilymazo.bsky.social, just published in the @ilrreview.bsky.social!
Fantastic opp to be a defining voice on tech policy!
📢2026 Fellowship applications are OPEN!📢
If you are someone looking to inform technology policy through rigorous original reporting or policy analyses, we want to hear from you!
Apply here: airtable.com/appIrc1F9M5d...
If you are someone looking to inform technology policy through rigorous original reporting or policy analyses, we want to hear from you!
Apply here: airtable.com/appIrc1F9M5d...
September 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Fantastic opp to be a defining voice on tech policy!
📝 🎓 ✨ New year. New semester. New syllabus for my undergraduate seminar (AI & Society) at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 📝 🎓 ✨
Link here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xquO...
Link here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xquO...
August 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
📝 🎓 ✨ New year. New semester. New syllabus for my undergraduate seminar (AI & Society) at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 📝 🎓 ✨
Link here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xquO...
Link here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xquO...
Two amazing resources on worker voice and AI that you should know about:
(1) ILO’s Global Case study of AI and algorithmic management by @vdoellgast.bsky.social and team
The single best compendium of international law and union cases I’ve seen on this topic
www.ilo.org/sites/defaul...
(1/2)
(1) ILO’s Global Case study of AI and algorithmic management by @vdoellgast.bsky.social and team
The single best compendium of international law and union cases I’ve seen on this topic
www.ilo.org/sites/defaul...
(1/2)
www.ilo.org
August 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Two amazing resources on worker voice and AI that you should know about:
(1) ILO’s Global Case study of AI and algorithmic management by @vdoellgast.bsky.social and team
The single best compendium of international law and union cases I’ve seen on this topic
www.ilo.org/sites/defaul...
(1/2)
(1) ILO’s Global Case study of AI and algorithmic management by @vdoellgast.bsky.social and team
The single best compendium of international law and union cases I’ve seen on this topic
www.ilo.org/sites/defaul...
(1/2)
For those at ASA (American Sociological Association) this year, come check out my paper session on:
✨ Responsible Generative AI Use by Product Managers. Sunday, Aug 10th, 8-9:30am
Paper link: arxiv.org/pdf/2501.16531
And comment with anything else I can’t miss!
@asanews.bsky.social
✨ Responsible Generative AI Use by Product Managers. Sunday, Aug 10th, 8-9:30am
Paper link: arxiv.org/pdf/2501.16531
And comment with anything else I can’t miss!
@asanews.bsky.social
arxiv.org
August 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
For those at ASA (American Sociological Association) this year, come check out my paper session on:
✨ Responsible Generative AI Use by Product Managers. Sunday, Aug 10th, 8-9:30am
Paper link: arxiv.org/pdf/2501.16531
And comment with anything else I can’t miss!
@asanews.bsky.social
✨ Responsible Generative AI Use by Product Managers. Sunday, Aug 10th, 8-9:30am
Paper link: arxiv.org/pdf/2501.16531
And comment with anything else I can’t miss!
@asanews.bsky.social
If you’re at Academy of Management tomorrow, come hear Genevieve Smith present on our paper covering genAI use by product managers—
journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5...
journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5...
Responsible Generative AI Use by Product Managers: Recoupling Ethical Principles and Practices | Academy of Management Proceedings
Since 2022, generative AI (genAI) has rapidly become integrated into workplaces. Though organizations have made commitments to use this technology “responsibly”, how organizations and their employees ...
journals.aom.org
July 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
If you’re at Academy of Management tomorrow, come hear Genevieve Smith present on our paper covering genAI use by product managers—
journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5...
journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5...
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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 2:05 PM
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
Proud of @techactions.bsky.social for being among the first signatories to the People’s AI Action Plan— we need a tech agenda that puts the interests of workers and ordinary people first
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 4:44 PM
Proud of @techactions.bsky.social for being among the first signatories to the People’s AI Action Plan— we need a tech agenda that puts the interests of workers and ordinary people first
📣 Exceptional resource alert from
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social: a database of U.S. union bargaining provisions related to workplace tech. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...
Workers need a voice in how tech is utilized in the workplace— and here are 175 blueprints for what that looks like
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social: a database of U.S. union bargaining provisions related to workplace tech. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...
Workers need a voice in how tech is utilized in the workplace— and here are 175 blueprints for what that looks like
UC Berkeley Labor Center (@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social)
The Labor Center conducts research and education on issues related to labor and employment. Our trainings serve to educate a diverse new generation of labor leaders. We also engage UC Berkeley student...
ucblaborcenter.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
📣 Exceptional resource alert from
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social: a database of U.S. union bargaining provisions related to workplace tech. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...
Workers need a voice in how tech is utilized in the workplace— and here are 175 blueprints for what that looks like
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social: a database of U.S. union bargaining provisions related to workplace tech. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...
Workers need a voice in how tech is utilized in the workplace— and here are 175 blueprints for what that looks like
Reposted by Natalia Luka
A key US Senate committee has indicated that it will reject the huge budget cuts that President Donald Trump proposed for some science agencies, including the US National Science Foundation and NASA.
go.nature.com/40H0XST
go.nature.com/40H0XST
US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts
Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies.
go.nature.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A key US Senate committee has indicated that it will reject the huge budget cuts that President Donald Trump proposed for some science agencies, including the US National Science Foundation and NASA.
go.nature.com/40H0XST
go.nature.com/40H0XST
Love seeing efforts like this to support academics impacted by NSF cuts 👏
In recent months the NSF has significantly reduced research funding. We're partnering with @sloanfoundation.bsky.social to launch a Research Rescue Fund, a citizen-led initiative to rescue societally valuable economics research.
Learn more: www.ssrc.org/programs/eco...
Learn more: www.ssrc.org/programs/eco...
July 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Love seeing efforts like this to support academics impacted by NSF cuts 👏
I spoke with @amandahoover.bsky.social at @businessinsider.com about the cost pressures that AI competition is putting on other operations at Big Tech companies. (1/4)
www.businessinsider.com/silicon-vall...
www.businessinsider.com/silicon-vall...
Inside Big Tech's big salary divide: 'I feel like we're all going to get fired'
From Meta to Microsoft, generative AI is accelerating Big Tech's salary divide.
www.businessinsider.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I spoke with @amandahoover.bsky.social at @businessinsider.com about the cost pressures that AI competition is putting on other operations at Big Tech companies. (1/4)
www.businessinsider.com/silicon-vall...
www.businessinsider.com/silicon-vall...
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fellow nonfiction writers! if you're not currently saving EVERY SINGLE web page/web news story you cite to the Wayback Machine YOU SHOULD BE!!
no more dead links in footnotes!
no more dead links in bibliographies!
never ever forget how fragile the internet is—save internet history!
no more dead links in footnotes!
no more dead links in bibliographies!
never ever forget how fragile the internet is—save internet history!
This October, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is projected to hit a once-in-a-generation milestone: 1 trillion web pages archived.
We’ll be commemorating this historic achievement on October 22 with a global celebration ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/07/01/w...
Want to take part? 🧵 #Wayback1T
We’ll be commemorating this historic achievement on October 22 with a global celebration ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/07/01/w...
Want to take part? 🧵 #Wayback1T
July 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
fellow nonfiction writers! if you're not currently saving EVERY SINGLE web page/web news story you cite to the Wayback Machine YOU SHOULD BE!!
no more dead links in footnotes!
no more dead links in bibliographies!
never ever forget how fragile the internet is—save internet history!
no more dead links in footnotes!
no more dead links in bibliographies!
never ever forget how fragile the internet is—save internet history!
Reposted by Natalia Luka
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!
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
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!
Surveillance pricing gives drivers NO transparency into how their hard work is valued. It's time for this practice to stop!
Content moderators are the backbone of the Internet and AI. No such thing as ethics without the ethical treatment of those who make it all possible
🚨 TIME exclusive: Content moderators shield us from the darkest parts of the internet—but suffer PTSD, burnout & trauma.
A global union alliance says: enough. Meta, TikTok, OpenAI, Google & more must adopt 8 safety protocols now.
#TechWorkersRising
A global union alliance says: enough. Meta, TikTok, OpenAI, Google & more must adopt 8 safety protocols now.
#TechWorkersRising
Exclusive: Global Safety Rules Aim to Protect AI’s Most Traumatized Workers
Outsourced workers review graphic content used to train AI. A global union is now pushing for baseline mental health protections.
time.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Content moderators are the backbone of the Internet and AI. No such thing as ethics without the ethical treatment of those who make it all possible
Reposted by Natalia Luka
I spent the week talking to UPS Teamsters from around the country about what it’s like to deliver hundreds of packages in a heatwave, in trucks that still aren’t air conditioned, in a country without federal workplace protections for heat newrepublic.com/article/1972...
June 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I spent the week talking to UPS Teamsters from around the country about what it’s like to deliver hundreds of packages in a heatwave, in trucks that still aren’t air conditioned, in a country without federal workplace protections for heat newrepublic.com/article/1972...
Reposted by Natalia Luka
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
Reposted by Natalia Luka
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
@techactions.bsky.social is back!!! We're posting again and updating our archive and doing a big overhaul of the website. Sign-up below and stay tuned for more 👇
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Why we’re migrating our mailing list to a newsletter, and what you can expect in the coming weeks 👀
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June 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
@techactions.bsky.social is back!!! We're posting again and updating our archive and doing a big overhaul of the website. Sign-up below and stay tuned for more 👇
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...
which is exactly what TechEquity has done: dataworklandscape.org?utm_medium=s...
June 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Brilliant project mapping the network of contracting firms that make the hidden labor of AI possible— transparency is a critical first step
Reposted by Natalia Luka
Today’s AI isn’t just being used by us, it’s being used on us. We need to reclaim public power over the future trajectory of AI. In our 2025 report we offer a policy roadmap for how to regulate AI in favor of the public interest.
Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape
Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape
June 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Today’s AI isn’t just being used by us, it’s being used on us. We need to reclaim public power over the future trajectory of AI. In our 2025 report we offer a policy roadmap for how to regulate AI in favor of the public interest.
Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape
Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape
Reposted by Natalia Luka
Efforts to prepare for AI’s effects on employment must be grounded in evidence, not speculative futures, @nataliyan.bsky.social writes. “Absent specificity…we risk either inaction or misdirected action on some of the most important issues of our time.” www.techpolicy.press/weaponizing-...
June 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Efforts to prepare for AI’s effects on employment must be grounded in evidence, not speculative futures, @nataliyan.bsky.social writes. “Absent specificity…we risk either inaction or misdirected action on some of the most important issues of our time.” www.techpolicy.press/weaponizing-...