"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...

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

🚨 Happening this Monday, Sept. 29th! 🚨

"You have to have thick skin to work here, and even then it doesn't feel good," a former worker said. They said they quit this year over concerns about the amount of CSAM they encountered." www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-gr...

Unions are articulating a vision for how AI & other digital technologies should be developed and used in the workplace. We analyzed 17 of these documents by 15 organizations and identified key values being put forward. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/a-first-look...

Join the TechEqui-Team as our new VP of Communications! You’ll be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive communication strategies to support engagement and outreach with our key audiences. You’ll also be supervising the person who wrote this 👀 techequity.us/our-team/vic...

“I just want people to know that AI is being sold as this tech magic – that’s why there’s a little sparkle symbol next to an AI response,” said Sawyer. “But it’s not. It’s built on the backs of overworked, underpaid human beings.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"Lawmakers and former agency employees worry it foreshadows a less human Social Security, in which rushed-out AI takes the place of pushed-out, experienced employees." www.sfchronicle.com/personal-fin...

NEW RESEARCH ALERT 🚨 While some are focused on the long-term, sci-fi-like risks of AI, Californians are most concerned about the impacts they are already seeing, like deepfakes and job displacement. And they want their legislators to do something about it. Learn more: techequity.us/2025/08/19/h...

"A.I. will eventually replace entire swaths of human employees, many predict, a perspective that is being widely embraced and echoed in the corporate mainstream."

"At the same time, companies inundated with applicants are using A.I. systems to automatically scan résumés and reject candidates."

"Unions view codifying portable benefits largely as a way to keep misclassifying workers and therefore cut them off from core workplace protections, including the right to unionize." www.vox.com/policy/42189...

In fact, 78% of employers surveil their remote workforce, and over one-third of employers specifically do so through a live video feed. Why? Well, it’s all part of the surveillance economy. techequity.us/2025/08/05/s...

The Police Records Access Project database, built by UC Berkeley and Stanford and distributed by news outlets including the Chronicle, allows searches by name, agency or keyword.

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Bossware is on the rise—and it’s threatening #WorkersRights. Our policy agenda examines how unchecked workplace surveillance is degrading job quality & highlights worker-led solutions that use tech to empower, not exploit. It's time for lawmakers to follow their lead: www.nelp.org/insights-res...