@techjusticelaw.bsky.social filed a lawsuit on behalf of Consumer Federation of America + DC consumers against Meta for deceiving users about scam advertising. Meta has been ignoring or incorrectly rejecting 96% of valid user reports of fraudulent ads. tinyurl.com/mrxf8335

UK to probe Paramount-Warner Bros deal in coming weeks, competition watchdog says reut.rs/4tOYWAy

American screenwriter Damon Lindelof wrote: "I’m scared. But I’m not a ghost. And a fight is already lost if it’s never fought. So I signed. Proudly." #BlockTheMerger tinyurl.com/2spec5wj

"We are deeply concerned by indications of support for this merger that prioritize the interests of a small group of powerful stakeholders over the broader public good." variety.com/2026/film/ne...

The entertainment industry is fighting back: "J.J. Abrams, David Fincher, Jason Bateman, Kristen Stewart, Emma Thompson, Ben Stiller and Lin-Manuel Miranda, signed an open letter on Monday opposing the impending Paramount acquisition of Warner Bros." #BlockTheMerger tinyurl.com/mr2kw987

"More than 1,000 writers, actors + directors released a letter opposing Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying the deal will result in 'fewer opportunities for creators, fewer jobs across the production ecosystem, higher costs and less choice for audiences'." #BlockTheMerger

"Workers contend they are having to step in to support colleagues with financial and administrative help that they believe their employers should be extending to the vulnerable and lower-income members of their communities." www.wired.com/story/how-me...

"An investigative tool like Longeye may not be covered under existing state laws, since it currently does not write patrol reports," said Kate Chatfield, executive director of @calpublicdefenders.bsky.social. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"We want our schools to stop bringing criminalization and policing into our schools, defund the police, and defend the lives of our children." www.ourweekly.com/2026/04/09/l...

LGBTQ+ and Trans organizations in San Francisco are facing threats from Trump— and budget choices being made in SF City Hall. missionlocal.org/2026/04/tran...

SF's Budget outlook is improving thanks, in part, to increased revenue from a tax on luxury real-estate sales that Mayor Lurie and City Leaders are now trying to cut. 48hills.org/2026/04/sf-b...

We believe the people closest to the realities of work belong at the center of conversations about labor, tech, and power. Meet the @hardresetmedia.com Creator Fellows who clock in every day and tell stories from *inside* their industries about the future of labor and power. tinyurl.com/3kfk62pw

UCSF needs to know what frontline social workers have known for too long: UCSF social workers don’t feel safe on the job, and our survey proves it. We demand more protection, and our survey shows why. We won’t stop until every worker is safe. #UCSF #UC #SF #WorkplaceSafety

The Paramount-Warner Bro's Discovery deal is not final. The DOJ, or state attorney generals, could still step in, according to our client, @econliberties.bsky.social Lee Hepner. www.axios.com/2026/03/03/p...

#SF's mayor is saying we need to make tough choices to manage the city's $900 million budget deficit. Our client, the San Francisco People's Budget Coalition, says there are more options than balancing it on the backs of working people. 👇 www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...

"Why should workers get laid off and residents lose essential services when big #tech companies like Airbnb hold up 100s of millions of dollars, suing the city to get out of paying their fair share in taxes?” said the People’s Budget Coalition's Worley-Ziegmann. www.kqed.org/news/1207521...

200+ billboards went up nationwide as part of @conmijente.bsky.social 's "ICE Costs Us" campaign. Each one includes "Your Tax $ Wasted" + a photo showing ICE's spending. [These] come as FL lawmakers acknowledged FL taxpayers may be on the financial hook for detention sites like Alligator Alcatraz.

"Billions [being allotted] to #ICE while families lose healthcare and basic services is both dangerous and morally wrong." See ConMijente's "ICE Costs Us" nationwide campaign covering how Americans’ tax dollars are being "wasted" on federal immigration funding. ktla.com/news/nationw...

Of the 120 workers who responded to @UPTECWA's survey: 50% reported being sexually assaulted or harassed at work; and 90% said they’d experienced some type of threat, assault or intimidation and had reported feeling unsafe at work at least once to management. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...

"Combining state reforms with local safeguards, hyperscale data centers could stop damaging state budgets, fobbing their power costs onto others, and endangering local quality of life." www.techpolicy.press/community-be...

"This administration has chosen to fund fear over food, detention over dignity, and the interests of billionaires over the well-being of working people. [But] when communities act in solidarity, they can reclaim government and transform it to serve the people." @caseygrants.bsky.social

"In this critical moment in history, companies that are actively hastening climate change, threatening housing security, eliminating jobs and industries, and destabilizing our democracy and economy do not deserve our investment." www.commondreams.org/opinion/publ...

"If we don't fund this work, we are defunding our future," Appenzeller said. "We are here to fight for our jobs, but we are also here to fight for clean air, for climate action and for a livable city." www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...

"We all knew that cuts were coming to the San Francisco budget [...] In the case of some of these cuts, 'entirely vulnerable communities will be completely abandoned,' said Anya Worley-Ziegmann, coalition coordinator for the People’s Budget Coalition.'" 48hills.org/2026/02/how-...

"Anya Worley-Ziegmann of the People’s Budget Coalition said that [it’s] very concerning that the communities targeted by these cuts (black communities, transgender folks, people with HIV) are the exact same groups under attack by the federal administration." www.sfexaminer.com/news/public-...

"Workers in New York are pushing for a shift to Just Safe Food, a comparable training run by One Fair Wage. It still covers food safety, but it also acknowledges that worker safety, dignity, and fair pay are part of public health." amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/02...

"As fascism actively dismantles the liberal world order we were told to trust, clinging to those limits is no longer strategic; it is dangerous," writes ABMoC executive director @ericms.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A proposal to cut $17 million from funds allocated to community-based organizations that contract with the San Francisco Dept of Public Health has advocates like the SF People's Budget Coalition sounding the alarm. www.ebar.com/story/162814...

Wells Fargo is expecting job cuts as the company rolls out AI. Unionized workers are bargaining to figure out next moves. “What we want is a singular contract for all Wells Fargo branches that are unionized,” said Danielle Olivas. www.kunm.org/local-news/2...

"With the Trump Administration’s close interest in the Warner sale and influence over federal regulators, state attorneys general have been identified by the AELP as the key leverage point for those who oppose the merger." www.thewrap.com/industry-new...

“This deal raises serious antitrust concerns that enforcers should closely scrutinize, as any such deal would deepen the media consolidation crisis, hurting creators, workers, consumers, and the public writ large.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"Detroiters know what it means to be extracted from, written off, and still survive. And that makes these stories feel like different chapters of the same book— a book about power, and whose lives it’s allowed to break." dev.wdet.org/2026/01/20/k...

​🎥 JAN 26 @ #SUNDANCE: Join us to hear about what's at risk of being lost in Hollywood and whether the industry can still reclaim its creative and economic footing when faced with a streaming oligopoly, generative AI, and a business model that erases the human labor behind it: luma.com/gerg76e4

Hard Reset reports on the unique subcontractor/gig worker structure that Amazon uses for delivery drivers and how that undermines unionized drivers across the industry:

New FutureKeepers video, reporting on solar projects in northern Pakistan: www.instagram.com/reel/DRyRHwZ...

Who protects the people protecting us online? Only 23% of U.S. data workers—including content moderators—surveyed by @alphabetworkersunion.org and TechEquity are covered by health insurance from their employer.

Silicon Valley promises that technology will save us. But what if the financial system powering that dream is actually poisoning everything it touches? @catherinebracy.com of @techequity.bsky.social on the @nerdreich.bsky.social podcast with @gilduran.com: www.thenerdreich.com/techs-psycho...

"Demanding that your union or your employer divest your pension and retirement from companies that do business with Israel can have a big impact" - Ramah Kudaimi of @acrecampaigns.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...

Fighting layoffs is just the start - better working conditions for all is the goal: www.chronicle.com/article/anxi... @uptecwa.bsky.social

Think that gig work requires sacrificing worker rights? Pronita Gupta and I describe a way to provide good jobs and REAL flexibility for those who need both. And it doesn't rhyme with "tuber." www.commondreams.org/opinion/gig-... @caseygrants.bsky.social @theworkeragency.com

"National Guard troops can provide a “cover” for these other federal entities to make arrests" - @katechatfield.bsky.social, executive director of @calpublicdefenders.bsky.social in @missionlocal.org: missionlocal.org/2025/10/nati...

"We are trying to bend the arc of the tech industry towards making sure that the industry is creating opportunity for everybody. Not just sucking all the wealth up to the top." - @catherinebracy.com of @techequity.bsky.social on @thedailyshow.com last night! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD-4...

"Retaking control of our collective financial investment is an essential part of the fight against fascism and the destruction of our communities." - @acrecampaigns.bsky.social's @saqibbhatti.bsky.social and Sare Myklebust in @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/stra...

"One factor is declining job security in white-collar industries, a trend particularly apparent to tech employees. Since 2020, tech companies have unleashed rounds of mass layoffs, inspiring calls for worker protections across the industry." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“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 and mistrust” - Parul Koul, @alphabetworkersunion.org prez + Google engineer, in @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“Uber and Lyft, because of their vast control of information and algorithms, are always in a position where they have the advantage,” said [David] Weil, who led the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division during the Obama administration. www.kqed.org/news/1205779...

“The gist of it is making sure workers are protected from these crazy and spontaneous changes that the Trump administration has been making. We’re fighting for job security for all of us.” - Olivia Asemota of @alphabetworkersunion.org in @calmatters.org: calmatters.org/economy/2025...

"If we shift our perspective from managing to prevention, we can look at how we might change the conditions that lead to domestic violence all year long." - @jacpatrissi.bsky.social in the @bostonherald.com: www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/02/p...

"This program, like so many other Uber tactics, is...a piece of corporate theater, carefully staged to magnify the smallest possible outcomes while obscuring the widespread harm" - Veronica Avila of @acrecampaigns.bsky.social in @phoenixnewtimes.com www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/op-ed-a...