Join the TechEquiTeam as our new Advocacy Manager! The Advocacy Manager will provide project coordination support to our advocacy team, ensuring campaigns are well-structured, materials are current, and all stakeholders are informed and aligned. #APPLY NOW: techequity.us/our-team/adv...

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

The next generation of California leaders will take office at the dawn of a new technological age. From jobs to justice, AI is transforming society, and its use is already creating profound consequences for us all. techequity.us/2026/01/21/5...

"A.I. was supposed to help tech companies boost productivity and cut costs. But it has also created an expensive new status game, known as “tokenmaxxing,” among A.I.-obsessed workers who are desperate to prove how productive they are." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/t...

"DoorDash is tapping its 8-million-strong contractor workforce in the US to meet an insatiable demand for unique datasets that are sought after by companies needing to train specialized AI models." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Join us on March 29th at 3pm at Manny's in SF as he sits down with @catherinebracy.com for a candid conversation about what is actually at stake, what good leadership on AI looks like, & what getting it right means for working people and communities across the country. techequity.us/event/the-ai...

We represent groups of workers from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. Our organizations typically focus on a range of issues, from better workplace protections to the pursuit of environmental justice and the demilitarization of our technology. This is our first statement together.

"It's not artificial intelligence. It's African intelligence." Michael Geoffrey Asia, the secretary general of the Data Labelers Association in Kenya tells @jasonkoebler.bsky.social about the notoriously brutal and underpaid work of training AI. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH65...

The Labor Movement is calling on @governor.ca.gov to side with working people, not Big Tech billionaires. calmatters.org/economy/tech...

New! Anuli Akanegbu’s report “(404) Job Not Found” interrogates what it means to be perceived as “AI literate” in today’s labor market, & how those perceptions are shaping the career outcomes of Black workers who are already navigating a wide range of inequities. 1/6 datasociety.net/library/404-...

Another day, another million-dollar Big Tech super PAC to influence California elections. So perhaps keep an eye out for who and what they're funding. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

In a preview of her research — full report coming next week! — Anuli Akanegbu writes about her visit to an Atlanta cybersecurity training program, underscoring the importance of culturally resonant training & the gaps btw what participants need & what programs offer. datasociety.net/points/ai-ca...

AWU STATEMENT ✍️ In response to the increase in ICE violence across the country and in Minnesota, the Executive Board of the Alphabet Workers Union released the following statement: www.alphabetworkersunion.org/press/alphab... "An attack on any immigrant worker is an attack on all of us."

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"More than 150 tech workers so far have signed a petition asking for their company CEOs to call the White House, demand that ICE leave US cities, and speak out publicly against the agency’s recent violence." www.wired.com/story/backla...

"These communities recognized that Flock’s surveillance risks are difficult to adequately mitigate through policy alone, and chose instead to invest in public safety approaches that don’t require mass surveillance infrastructure.” 👏🏽👏🏽 www.kqed.org/news/1206970...

"Which means that this is the first time in ed-tech history that schools will have to pay more for more accurate information. And that really hurts schools without a lot of resources." www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

Our strike begins today! Show your support for nurses fighting for safe staffing, healthcare benefits and a fair contract! #NYCNurseStrike #SafeStaffingSavesLives #PatientsOverProfits

“‘Companies are going to try to make sure that they charge us the maximum amount possible that we’re willing to tolerate every single time we go to the cash register,’ said Woodrow Hartzog, a law professor at Boston University.”

"The company expects to invest tens of billions of dollars on data centers, the computing facilities that power A.I. development, and it has handed out lavish pay packages to hire top A.I. researchers." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/t...

"If we believe and behave as though A.I. dominance is a foregone conclusion, we risk making it so. Instead, we should support the creative workers who are fighting for a different outcome — and have already landed a few punches." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...

Poll after poll shows that Americans want the government to act to ensure that AI benefits people rather than destroying jobs, harming children, or making everyday necessities more expensive—all to make billionaires wealthier. techequity.us/2025/10/07/h...

How we won AI protections in our contract Workers with Ziff Davis Creators Guild won pro-worker language in their latest collective bargaining agreement. Here's how and what they won.

On December 10th 1993, workers at id Software published Doom. 32 years later, workers at id Software have formed a union to protect the franchise and games they love.

This feels like an increasingly common story in tech, especially for contractors working on AI for Big Tech. Are you one of these contractors? Do you have a story you want to share? changes are needed, our Senior Manager of Community Outreach and Engagement, @german-c.bsky.social.

Just after becoming billionaires, the cofounders of Mercor slashed the contract positions of the people who helped them achieve that monumental feat. Only to allegedly try to hire them back for less money. www.forbes.com/sites/iainma... @forbes.com @iainmartin.bsky.social

AI is changing the labor landscape. What can we do about it? 80% of U.S tech leaders cited upskilling as the best way to improve employees’ gaps in important tech skills. But previous cycles of labor disruption have shown that focusing on reskilling has been far from a sufficient solution.

"Why would Oakland choose to spend $2.25 million building the very surveillance infrastructure that will be weaponized against our immigrant neighbors?”

"But the office has warned that the actual value of AI remains unclear and the optimism is probably at least somewhat overblown."

"Over half (53 percent) of respondents say they feel somewhat or significantly undercompensated at their job... Notably, the number jumps to 69 percent for contractors, consultants, and people working part-time." www.gamedeveloper.com/business/hal...

"The lawsuit adds that the only way to opt out of this data collection is not to drive at all." www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/18/c...

🚨The final event in our popular series with the NYPL is happening on Thursday, w an incredible panel of experts discussing the value of human labor in the face of increasing automation. Reserve your in-person spot (they're going quickly) or RSVP to join us online! www.showclix.com/event/unders...

"They are coming back to work for a president who has shown little concern about their financial strains."

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

In another sign of turbulence for the tech industry, Silicon Valley chip design giant Synopsys plans to cut about 10% of its global workforce after its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys.

Californians want AI regulation. This was the big takeaway of our 2025 AI Compass report detailing how Californians really feel about AI. An overwhelming majority specifically favors policies that protect privacy (81%), enforce civil rights (73%), and enact non-discrimination rules (73%).

Californians, TODAY IS ELECTION DAY!! 🐻🗳️ Make sure you go to the polls or drop off your ballot, if you haven’t yet! Find your nearest polling place or a ballot drop box here: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...

TLDR: tech workers, get organized! The Alphabet Workers Union has issued a statement in response to Amazon’s announcement that it will lay off 14,000 corporate workers: “Now is the time for us to stand together collectively, so we have power and a real voice in our industry.”

Update: Amazon cutting corporate roles across key departments including video games The conglomerate confirmed 14,000 roles are being eliminated in a memo sent to employees, in which SVP of people experience and technology, Beth Galetti, took time to praise the impact of AI technology

"There are concerns automation could affect people of color particularly hard because Amazon’s warehouse workers are about three times as likely as a typical American worker to be Black." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...

Breaking News: OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has adopted a for-profit structure, allowing it to operate like a more traditional company while it raises the billions of dollars it needs to develop artificial intelligence.

1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry. www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...

Building worker power in the tech industry is key! At #CircuitBreakers @techworkerscoalition.org, workers, organizers, and activists in the tech industry—including some of TechEquity's staff—came together to 'learn, build community, strategize, and recognize collective power.'

🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR: Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor, intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility. Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...

TONIGHT: Catch Founder/CEO of TechEquity and author of “World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy” @catherinebracy.com on @thedailyshow.com. She’ll be talking to @michaelkosta.bsky.social about the state of the modern tech economy and how we can build a more equitable future.

🗣️The Future Of The Tech Industry Is Unionized! “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 & mistrust,” said AWU Prez Parul Koul @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Corporations call it "privacy-preserving," but this new AI tech isn't all that it seems. Our new brief w/@datasociety.bsky.social + CoWorker exposes how this tech harms + exploits workers and what we can do to strengthen worker protections + power in the digital age: datasociety.net/library/the-...

Big shoutout to everyone at @techequity.bsky.social, @alphabetworkersunion.org, and @cwaunion.bsky.social! This new report highlights the conditions faced by U.S.-based data workers and content moderators who make AI possible. cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...