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Workers of the world, swipe left! Using tech to put a fist on the scales for workers. London, Dublin & an internet near you!

Joined April 2015
Hello (workers of the) World!
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I mean yes, Che was ultimately interested in trade unions being dismantled along with class antagonism but for the purposes of today #dotcomrades
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NEW STUDY: Being in a union means a $1.3 million increase in lifetime earnings – larger than the average gains from getting a college degree.
Approx 7 years since I was poking around in this space with #dotcomrades but the ground a lot more fertile now...
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Solidarity with Google staff who will walk out today over the company's treatment of women. #Googlewalkout
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Drawing a Venn diagram of followers of @WeAreOpenCoop & @dotcomrades to try & predict who's gonna get this gig at @The_TUC tuc.org.uk/jobs/digital-proj…
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Replying to @dotcomrades
@dotcomrades Need a signal boost for this over the next week campaign.openworlds.info can you get your friends to share have 27 people signed up and conversations have started.
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The new #gamedev union Game Workers Unite release their first magazine ✊🎮 #unions #coops #GameWorkersUnite #GDC drive.google.com/file/d/1tqh…
Replying to @geoplace
@geoplace @jamie_woodcock Hi Mark & Jamie, reaching re digital labour - are you familiar with any attempts of unionisation/collective action in the games industry (besides the 2014 TIGA study)? currently looking into possibility of research into this
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Gah! Somehow managed to miss this, hope there's a strong worker co-op presence. #dotcomrades nitter.gq/GavinJKelly1/status/96…
Important event this morning on innovation & solidarity in the 21st Century workplace - with @geoffmulgan @antoniabance @indycube @organisehq @labour_xchange @resfoundation
Tech for Good meetup in Newcastle with a focus on workplace organising 👇 👇 👇 nitter.gq/dr_the_evidence/status…
Replying to @Agile_NE
@Agile_NE tinyurl.com/Tech4GoodNewcast… is the link to the meetup on Friday 23rd Feb
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Replying to @dotcomrades
@dotcomrades have a look at this #openweb project campaign.openworlds.info
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Replying to @dhh
Time for Google and Facebook employees to heed the advice of @Pinboard and others: Organize. Refuse. Object. Dismantle.
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organizing labor in tech isn’t about perks and salaries, it’s about making people accountable for decisions that affect others