Tech Workers Coalition

Joan joins virtually by video, along with Rim and Andreas in person at stage 3 of re-publica conference

#rp25 hosts 60+ sessions on AI. Few discuss the worker involved.

“Am I Not Human? Data workers behind our AI systems and social media platforms speak out”

🇰🇪Joan from @datalabelers.bsky.social

🇩🇪 Andreas TikTok Works Council Chair

🪑Chaired by Rim of @superrrnetwork.bsky.social #contentmoderation

Banner of Tech Workers Coalition with slogan “Tech Won’t Save Us: Organize”

Banner that says There is power in a union. Organize, don’t be chased around. Featuring red ghosts chasing Pac-Man.

This weekend in Berlin the @techworkersber.bsky.social participates in #StreikKonferenz with over 2,000 trade unions activists.

TWC contributes with two-panel sessions on migrant self-organisation and solidarity with Palestine.

YouTube video by Tech Workers Coalition Introducing Data Centers, Climate, & Labor [Webinar]

In case you missed it, here’s the recording of our TWC/D&S webinar on data centers, climate, and labor issues with speakers from @mediajustice.bsky.social, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, Chip Workers for Responsible Mining, Enabled Emissions Campaign, Clean Virginia, and NYC DSA Tech Action

Hosted by @datasociety.bsky.social and @techworkerscoalition.org ahead of #SFClimateWeek

Featuring panelists
- Chip Workers for Responsible Mining
- @mediajustice.bsky.social
- @nycdsatech.bsky.social
- Enabled Emissions Campaign
- @cleanvirginia.org
- @amzn4climate.bsky.social

Introducing Data Centers, Climate and Labor: A webinar on intersecting perspectives. Panelist and event registration in main Bluesky post

Data centers are expanding globally; destroying the climate, exploiting labor, and creating toxic conditions for those nearby

In this webinar we'll unpack what they are, why they're expanding, how we can organize against them.

📆 April 18, 2025
⏰ 3pm PDT / 6pm EDT
Register at bit.ly/datacenters101

Hands off! Union contracts.

On April 5th, America’s unions are coming together with allies of labor at events across the country to send a message: #HandsOff our unions and our contracts!

Find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/

TWC 101, Tech Workers Coalition Onboarding and Overview Tuesday, April 15 2025. Option A: 17:00 CEST, 11am ET, 8pm PT. Register at bit.ly/twc101-apr2025a Option B: 8am ET, 5pm PT Register at bit.ly/twc101-apr2025b

📣 TWC 101 - onboarding with @techworkerscoalition.org across two separate time-slots on Tuesday, April 15th. Repost please 🙏

🌍 We host multiple time slots to make it more accessible across time zones.

🎉 Register now at bit.ly/twc101-apr2025A or bit.ly/twc101-apr2025B for your respective slot 🌞

A farm worker holding an Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee sign. The text above/below photo is about the TWC Worker Circle event: "TWC Worker Circle, Tuesday, April 22nd 5pm PT / 8pm ET. A space for tech workers to discuss organizing to improve and transform their workplaces - all levels of experience are welcome. Register at https://bit.ly/twcworkerscircle11

Our next TWC Workers Circle is on Tuesday, April 22nd at 5pm PT / 8pm ET 💫

All are welcome to join — we’ll discuss together strategies on winning, what it means to build power during the rise of tech fascism, and the importance of hope and action!

Register now at bit.ly/twcworkerscircle11 🎟️

Introducing Data Centers, Climate and Labor: A webinar on intersecting perspectives with the panelists mentioned in the post on April 18, 3pm PT / 6pm ET. Register at https://bit.ly/datacenters101

Data Centers, Climate and Labor:
co-hosted with @datasociety.bsky.social #SFClimateWeek

Webinar
Chip Workers for Responsible Mining
Enabled Emissions Campaign
@mediajustice.bsky.social
@nycdsatech.bsky.social
@cleanvirginia.org

📆 April 18, 2025
⏰ 3pm PDT / 6pm PDT
Register: bit.ly/datacenters101

Introducing Data Centers, Climate and Labor: A webinar on intersecting perspectives with the panelists mentioned in the post on April 18, 3pm PT / 6pm ET. Register at https://bit.ly/datacenters101

Data Centers, Climate and Labor:
co-hosted with @datasociety.bsky.social #SFClimateWeek

Webinar
Chip Workers for Responsible Mining
Enabled Emissions Campaign
@mediajustice.bsky.social
@nycdsatech.bsky.social
@cleanvirginia.org

📆 April 18, 2025
⏰ 3pm PDT / 6pm PDT
Register: bit.ly/datacenters101

Repeats the logistical info inside the post.

The next Bay Area meetup is coming up on Wednesday, April 2nd at Teeth Bar in San Francisco from 6-8pm. Join us and meet up with tech comrades to hang out, commiserate, and get plugged in. All are welcome!

📍 Teeth Bar (2323 Mission Street, San Francisco)
📆 Wednesday, April 2nd
⏰ 6:00 - 8:00 PM

In February, we hosted a panel event to investigate the intersections of immigrant/labor rights & what we can do to defend both — write up from event now available online:

#1u #H1B #Immigration
techworkerscoalition.org/blog/immigra...

Tech Workers Coalition Shirt Made in USA Union decorated 100% cotton Gender-neutral fit

Want @techworkerscoalition.org merchandise? We are selling t-shirts (available in USA for now) via Worx Printing. Grab yours now shop.worxprinting.coop/products/tec...

Got my new shirt from @techworkerscoalition.org. It's awesome.

It’s a rough time to be alive, but @techworkerscoalition.org makes it a lil’ better.

Red poster with flash-explosion in background. Text says: H1-B Workers the Tech Labor Movement: Building solidarity and collective power

Join us later today for a panel of current & former #H1B workers + tech labor activists on their experiences, why #immigrant rights are all our rights, and what we can do to defend them 🗽

📆 Feb 3rd @ 5pm PT / 8pm ET
🎟️ Zoom registration bit.ly/twch1b

Animated image with NYC buildings in background and TWC circuit logo. Text says: Tech Workers Coalition NYC Meetup: Branded Saloon (603 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn NY 11238) Saturday, February 22nd 6PM

🗽Save the Date! First NYC meetup of 2025! Meet your fellow local tech workers in the labor movement — everyone is welcome, repost please! 💫🤩

📍 Branded Saloon (603 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn NY 11238)
📆 Saturday, February 22nd 6PM

AI, Beyond the Hype - YouTube

If you missed @techworkerscoalition.org 'AI, Beyond the Hype' panels then you should totally watch it here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Flier with bold black text on a bright red background, with an off-center large white star-ish shape. The text reads: H-1B Workers and the Tech Labor Movement: Building Solidarity and Collective Power. Includes a TWC logo in white.

Awesome event from @techworkerscoalition.org next week -

H-1B Workers and the Tech Labor Movement - Feb 3, 8PM ET - register here! bit.ly/twch1b

🚨 Please do NOT repost this story 🚨

It would upset former Premise Data CEO Maury Blackman, who is suing a journalist to kill this story. Would be terrible if anyone else found out 👀

Here are two great projects to reach out to if you're a tech worker interested in workplace organizing:
@techworkerscoalition.org and @organizeworkers.bsky.social

German Tesla workers carrying an IG Metall banner with translated slogan "Tesla Workers Against Fascism" from demonstration on 11 January 2025 in Riesa, Saxony, Germany

Tesla Workers against Fascism!

Call is coming from inside the house! Elon Musk is a Nazi and must be dealt like one. #NoAfD #Musk #Hitlergruß

Tech worker movements grow as threats of RTO, AI loom Advocates say tech workers movements got too big to ignore in 2024.

"...Ahead of Trump presidency...Tech Workers Coalition broadened efforts to help workers organize industry-wide, helping everyone from gig workers to project managers build both union and non-union efforts to push for change in the workplace..."

via @arstechnica.com arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Would folks be interested in a top 10 of what I’ve learned about labor law in Germany as a works council member?

5 likes and I’ll commit, with the express caveat no one takes it for legal advice 🫣

How Big Tech labor organizers aim to unite for Trump 2.0 Supercharged during the first Trump administration, tech worker activism faces new challenges and motivations as the 47th President heads to Washington.

250 people attended Circuit Breakers conference "...a weekend hanging out with an amazing group of worker activists that are leading power building activities at tech companies like Apple and Google and Amazon, Microsoft, Uber" via @fastcompany.com

www.fastcompany.com/91241440/how...

Developing a New TWC Chapter Wanna organize a chapter of Tech Workers Coalition in your city? Come to this event to find out what it takes! We'll be introducing TWC's overall structure, how folks usually start a chapter, and how to do some analysis of the conditions in your specific area to set strategy.

Wanna organize a chapter in your city? Learn about TWC’s overall structure, how folks usually start a chapter, & how to do some analysis of the conditions in your city to set strategy.

🗓️ Tues, Dec 3rd
📍 bit.ly/twcchapter101
⏰ 9:00 AM PST / 12 Noon EST / 6:00 PM CET

Contact an Organizer and Let's Organize! Use this form to contact a CODE-CWA organizer.

Hey Bluesky 👋🦋

We are CODE-CWA, a 4,000+ member campaign with @cwaunion.bsky.social building worker power in the tech and video game industries. 👾

When we fight, we win. Organize with us today: code-cwa.org/organize

Meet Google's Genocide Czar: Thomas Kurian!

Google Cloud's CEO is an industry leader in the deployment of AI for occupation & genocide—providing cutting-edge cloud computing tech via Project Nimbus to Israel's military, & enabling them to massacre hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza