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Tech Workers Coalition

@techworkerscoalition.org
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We are a coalition of workers in and around the tech industry, labor organizers, community organizers, and friends. We work in solidarity with existing movements towards social justice, workers' rights, and economic inclusion.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 23/09/2026
We are 25 days away from Circuit Breakers 2026 🌠 and we can’t wait to see everyone. Grab your tickets now! Join us Oct 17-18 in NYC. Learn more at twcl.ink/circuit-brea... 🎟️ Incredible artwork by @mkupperman.bsky.social
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: JD Vance and Trump administration officials will announce today that they are removing hundreds of thousands of people from Affordable Care Act coverage, claiming these people were fraudulently enrolled as they kick them off of their healthcare. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump officials plan to cut hundreds of thousands from ACA, claiming fraud
Vance targeted ACA enrollment as part of a broader administration crackdown on suspected fraud.
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UAW @uaw.org · 23/09/2026
"A new calculator from workers’ rights watchdog LaborLab estimates that the parts retailer AutoZone has paid $210,696 to managers and lawyers to crush a union drive by 11 workers in one store in White Plains, New York." 📰 ow.ly/y1mr50ZQCsP
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AutoZone Workers Are Trying to Form the Company’s First-Ever Union
When workers file for a union election, it’s like a Bat-Signal goes off: a column of light cuts through the night sky, summoning not Bruce Wayne but a swarm of anti-union managers and consultants who reap tens of thousands of dollars from sowing fear and doubt. A new calculator from workers’ rights watchdog LaborLab estimates that the parts retailer AutoZone has paid $210,696 to managers and lawyers to crush a union drive by 11 workers in one store in White Plains, New York. The workers went public in July with their drive to join United Auto Workers Local 259.
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 23/09/2026
We are 25 days away from Circuit Breakers 2026 🌠 and we can’t wait to see everyone. Grab your tickets now! Join us Oct 17-18 in NYC. Learn more at twcl.ink/circuit-brea... 🎟️ Incredible artwork by @mkupperman.bsky.social
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 21/09/2026
Less than a month before Circuit Breakers 2026 happens! This session, led by organizers from Alphabet Workers Union will show you how to think about organizing at scale. Come see what you can bring back into your workplace. twcl.ink/circuit-brea...
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 17/09/2026
You can’t spell organizer without organize! Part of that process is learning how to be organized in your planning and data 🫡 Come learn with us at Circuit Breakers this year! Grab your conference ticket at twcl.ink/circuit-brea...
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 14/09/2026
Join NY Tech Workers Coalition for a meetup on Saturday the 19th at Nûrish in Crown Heights. At a moment when the harms of tech are foremost in everyone's minds, let's talk about how we as workers can organize for ourselves, and for workers everywhere.
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 14/09/2026
Join us at Circuit Breakers 2026 for a weekend of keynotes, workshops, community… and memes! Learn about the political significance of culture slop and the ways in which it should be dissected. This session is one of many in our conference — get your ticket now @ twcl.ink/circuit-breakers
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 13/09/2026
Giving the people what they want … a sneak peek at Circuit Breakers 2026 👀 Limited tickets for our annual tech labor conference 🎟️ Hear from Times Tech Guild and Kickstarter United in this amazing workshop! Info and tickets at techworkerscoalition.org/circuit-brea...
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Greg Green @ggreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Circuit Breakers registration is now open - @techworkerscoalition.org is hosting a gathering for workers, organizers, and activists in the tech industry to come together and learn, build community, strategize, and recognize our collective power. NYC, Oct 17-18. twcl.ink/circuit-brea...
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 01/09/2026
Want to attend Circuit Breakers but need some support? Apply to our solidarity fund at twcl.ink/cb2026-solidarity-fund To donate and help others attend, visit twcl.ink/cb-donate
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Well now they’re just saying anything. We dissect Altman’s doublespeak on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Rumors of a Singularity Have Been Grossly Exaggerated”. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 19/08/2026
BIG NEWS — Registration is now open for Circuit Breakers, the national tech labor conference! This year will be in NYC from Oct. 17-18th. twcl.ink/circuit-brea... Tickets go fast, so get the word out, get your tickets early, check the website for a preview of some of the talks and sessions.
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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
In our new series #SaveGameWorkers, you’ll meet the people who make your favorite games at Xbox…until they get laid off. Today, meet Eric Bakutis from Zenimax Online Studios. #SaveOurDevs by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 30/07/2026
TWC Twin Cities, MN meetup TODAY at Brühaven! Meet like-minded folks in tech, share stories, commiserate, and plug into TWC efforts! Parking: Bring your ticket! Brühaven will validate tickets 📍Brühaven Craft Company @ 1368 La Salle Ave, Minneapolis
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 22/07/2026
Berlin Tech Workers Conference 2026 👩🏻‍💻 AI and Labour Law 💸 Salary Transparency in the EU 📣 Communication 🥊 Conflict resolutions 📂 Issue identification 🧳 🌍 Migration and Labour ⛓️ Corporate Supply Chain Responsibility ⚖️ Case Law in Employment hosted by: @techworkersber.bsky.social / @social.verdi.de
Logo of TWC/Verdi with text: 2026 Tech Worker Conference for works council members (registration required and special seminar release under BetrVG §37(6)) on Friday, October 16 09:00-19:00 at Ver.di Bundesverwaltung Paula-Thiede Ufer 10
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 06/09/2025
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n
Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or
even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in
the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or
apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we
are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not
considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This
is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse
and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece,
we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology
industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to
relevant work to further inform our colleagues.Figure 1. A cartoon set theoretic view on various terms (see Table 1) used when discussing the superset AI
(black outline, hatched background): LLMs are in orange; ANNs are in magenta; generative models are
in blue; and finally, chatbots are in green. Where these intersect, the colours reflect that, e.g. generative adversarial network (GAN) and Boltzmann machine (BM) models are in the purple subset because they are
both generative and ANNs. In the case of proprietary closed source models, e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and
Apple’s Siri, we cannot verify their implementation and so academics can only make educated guesses (cf.
Dingemanse 2025). Undefined terms used above: BERT (Devlin et al. 2019); AlexNet (Krizhevsky et al.
2017); A.L.I.C.E. (Wallace 2009); ELIZA (Weizenbaum 1966); Jabberwacky (Twist 2003); linear discriminant analysis (LDA); quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA).Table 1. Below some of the typical terminological disarray is untangled. Importantly, none of these terms
are orthogonal nor do they exclusively pick out the types of products we may wish to critique or proscribe.Protecting the Ecosystem of Human Knowledge: Five Principles
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 03/07/2026
Circuit Breakers, the conference for tech worker organizing, by and for fellow workers, is coming back to NYC on October 17-18, and submissions are still open. Whet your appetite and get hype with the plenary keynotes from last year. www.youtube.com/@techworkers...
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 03/07/2026
Circuit Breakers, the conference for tech worker organizing, by and for fellow workers, is coming back to NYC on October 17-18, and submissions are still open. Whet your appetite and get hype with the plenary keynotes from last year. www.youtube.com/@techworkers...
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 30/06/2026
⚡️ Sunday July 12th (11am PT / 2pm ET) - If Chips Could Kill: Understanding Exploitation in the Semiconductor Industry. Semiconductors power technology. But what powers them? We’ll explore ethics behind hardware - from Congo, to Palestine, to our own backyards. twcl.ink/twc-edu-july...
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Cannot fucking believe an external 4TB SSD drive that cost me $200 last year is now $1100. Had to check receipts to make sure. They’re really out there trying to keep you from having a PC, phone, or a gaming console so they can have hallucinating, polluting chatbots that drop bombs on kids’ schools.
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Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org · 19/06/2026
‼️Circuit Breakers CFP due July 15‼️ click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.SE...
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Circuit Breakers 26 💣 Session Idea Form
The tech worker movement is growing and so are the number of experienced organizers on the shop floor who have lessons and learnings to share. The organizers of the Circuit Breakers tech labor confere...
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
At their convention this week, the United Auto Workers voted to completely divest from Israel Bonds in a historic victory for the labor and Palestinian freedom movements. This is a huge step toward ensuring our unions aren’t profiting from investing in genocide and apartheid.
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deedotkurses @deedotk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
It tickles me that there's an Arbeiter (worker) brewing in Minnesota
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 18/06/2026
labor organizing focused resources for resisting ai in the workplace from @techworkerscoalition.org
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Organizing Resources for Tech Workers Confronting AI - WorkersDecide.tech — Make Tech Work for Workers
Frustrated by your employer's generative AI policies? We're here to help you organize. We're uniting tech workers who recognize the consequences of employers rolling out AI policies without the input ...
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 18/06/2026
BIG NEWS ❤️‍🔥!! Circuit Breakers, our annual tech labor conference, is looking for session and workshop proposals. This event centers rank and file organizing. Workers are the experts who bring management to the table and win big. twcl.ink/cb26-cfp
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Keith @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
my god, it's real
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 17/06/2026
Minneapolis and StPaul folks in #tech, come to the #TechWorkersCoalition meetup on Thursday the 25th at Arbeiter Brewing in South Minneapolis. - meet colleagues who like democracy and worker power - organize more social events, coworking, etc - organize at work!
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Dannel Jurado @demarko.org · 08/06/2026
I'm on this @techworkerscoalition.org panel repping @kickstarterunited.org next week, if you were at Circuit Breakers last year, it's an extension of the talk of the same name. You can register for it here: twcl.ink/twc-edu-june...
Poster for a panel titled "A Value Critique of AI & Tech Worker Opposition" sponsored by the Tech Workers Coalition

GenAI technologies are being promoted as the door to a new era of economic dynamism. However, the opposite is more likely. While LLM-based tools haven’t measured up to corporate promises of productivity growth, they are being used to justify mass layoffs and increase worker exploitation. Further, the gargantuan investment in AI infrastructure is prompting nationwide opposition as it poses the threat of environmental degradation and economic crisis. Control over the deployment of AI is becoming a key issue for society at large, and tech workers could have a defining say in it.

Come discuss how Marx might have tackled the encroachment of AI and how unionists have responded to it in their workplaces. We’ll have a presentation and a panel discussion including representatives from the Times Tech Guild and Kickstarter United followed by a Q&A session.

REGISTER NOW @ https://twcl.ink/twc-edu-june-2026
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Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org · 06/06/2026
Event @techworkerscoalition.org : "A Value Critique of AI and Tech Worker Opposition" 📆 Thursday, June 18th ⏰ 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET 🗓️ Presentation + Panel Discussion + Q&A
A poster with an image from Charlie Chaplin's Modern Time wherein the man is working with a big machine.

Big text in the poster: A Value Critique of AI & Tech Worker Opposition.

Small text in the poster: Thursday , June 18th, 8PM ET / 5PM PT 
Presentation + Panel Discussion + Q&A

GenAI technologies are being promoted as the door to a new era
of economic dynamism. However, the opposite is more likely. Control over the deployment of AI is becoming a key issue for society at large, and tech workers could have a defining say in it. This session will combine a Marxian critique of AI with a panel discussion (ft. Times Tech Guild + Kickstarter United members) about how unionists have
responded to recent AI disruption in their workplaces.

Register @ twcl.ink/twc-edu-june-2026
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
these are all prints someone would have and then give you an hourlong speech about the artist and how he's their favorite
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 04/06/2026
Amazon engineers in Seattle slam employer for building AI data centers while laying off 30,000 staffers
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Amazon engineers in Seattle slam employer for building AI data centers while laying off 30,000 staffers
Amazon engineers called out their employer for conducting mass layoffs while it commits to spending $200 billion this year on AI infrastructure.
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 27/05/2026
🚨 Tech Workers Coalition and Collective Action in Tech are excited to announce the date for Circuit Breakers, our national tech labor conference! This year will be in NYC from Oct. 17-18th. Early bird tickets will be available soon, register for updates! techworkerscoalition.org/circuit-brea...
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trash wizard the iv @ourcityburning.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
plz attend the coolest tech labor conference (there is no actual ranking, I had a lovely time at take back tech when they were in Chicago)
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 27/05/2026
🚨 Tech Workers Coalition and Collective Action in Tech are excited to announce the date for Circuit Breakers, our national tech labor conference! This year will be in NYC from Oct. 17-18th. Early bird tickets will be available soon, register for updates! techworkerscoalition.org/circuit-brea...
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The NewsGuild of New York @nyguild.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
LEGAL ACTION: We have filed an unfair labor practice charge against @reuters.com after management cut ties with one of our Reuters Guild members who was part of an organizing effort asking questions about Thomson Reuters' contracts with DHS. More here nyguild.org/post/newsgui...
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
imagine hating on striking workers because they “already make too much money.” so interesting to see which jobs are seen as deserving of high wages
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CWA for Palestine @cwa4palestine.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"The workers who move this city—on the tarmacs of JFK and in the historic shops of the Brooklyn Navy Yard—have been handed a brutal choice: a paycheck or their principles. We're here to say: you shouldn't have to choose." wecanbreakthechain.com
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BREAK THE CHAIN
Break the Chain is a people's arms embargo campaign organizing workers and communities at JFK Airport to stop weapons shipments fueling genocide.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 18/05/2026
📣 San Francisco we want to see you on May 29th! Flock surveillance has a huge shareholder meeting so we're teaming up with @securejustice.bsky.social @indivisiblesf.bsky.social @bayresistance.bsky.social @techworkerscoalition.org & more to let the company know just how unwelcome they are!
white event graphic with text highlighted in yellow that reads May 29th at 4 PM and words highlighted in blue that read 491 Bayshore Blvd San Francisco, CA with larger text beneath it that reads 'join us in SF to pressure Lowe's to drop its Flock contract ont he same day as its big shareholder meeting. Flock is not welcome in San Fransico's streets or business parking lots. There are organizational logos on the bottom of the graphic including Indivisible San Franciso, Bay Resistance, Secure Justice and others.
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Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org · 14/05/2026
from @andrewrchow.bsky.social in TIME magazine: "'Everyone’s a Line On a Spreadsheet:' Inside Oracle’s Mass Layoffs and the Workers Fighting Back" #Technology #Work #TechWorkers #TechLabor #TechLayoffs #FutureofWork time.com/article/2026...
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Inside Oracle’s Mass Layoffs and the Workers Fighting Back
As Oracle slashes jobs, some workers say they were helping develop the AI that displaced them.
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Solidarity Union Network (SUN) @sununion.org · 11/05/2026
Was a genuinely beautiful event Saturday, threading organizing history across generations Gratitude to the good folks from @phillydsa.bsky.social @sbworkersunited.org @organizeworkers.bsky.social @techworkerscoalition.org
flyer for event, title in green and beige Twenty Years of Starbucks Organizing...center image of workers posing with picket signs and infaltable rat in front of Starbucks store.
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 01/05/2026
time.com/article/2026... Read about the Oracle workers fighting back against mass layoffs and AI slop
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Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Exciting effort in the tech worker organizing. I promise you, we’re gonna look back on worker organizing like this around AI and layoffs and be really happy if we did all we could to support it. Huge shout out to these workers, What We Will & @techworkerscoalition.org. time.com/article/2026...
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Inside Oracle’s Mass Layoffs and the Workers Fighting Back
As Oracle slashes jobs, some workers say they were helping develop the AI that displaced them.
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"The AI tools she was mandated to use were Oracle’s internal chatbots ... which would “create slop,” she says. “Our team was pretty frustrated daily that we were being told to use it, and it wasn't saving any time, and was only eating up productivity.”" time.com/article/2026...
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Inside Oracle’s Mass Layoffs and the Workers Fighting Back
As Oracle slashes jobs, some workers say they were helping develop the AI that displaced them.
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 07/04/2026
Tech companies are multinational, and our organizing as workers must also be international in scope. Such organizing requires knowledge of different legal regimes and union structures, and creative thought about bridging them. Sign up for the Zoom 22 April 7pm CET | 1pm EDT bit.ly/twc-edu-apr-2026
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Transnational organizing: pitfalls and opportunities

Tech companies are global and multinational entities, and our organizing as workers must also be international in scope, requiring knowledge of different legal regimes and union structures.

This presentation will look at how efforts such as European Works Councils, Global Union Federations, and Amazon Workers International foster connections across different global contexts.

Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 7pm CET | 1pm EDT | 10am PDT
bit.ly/twc-edu-apr-2026
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 29/03/2026
Join TWC virtual bookclub! We will be reading and discussing “Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know” by Erica Chenoweth. The first session will be held on April 5th at 3pm ET over Zoom (first Sunday of each month)
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 19/03/2026
🌎 Tech Workers Coalition is global yet our social media does not always reflect the breadth of activities we have across the planet in the United States, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Canada. We are working on it! We will support you launch a local chapter! Join us!
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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 17/03/2026
Our location data tells a story. Who do we want to read it? 5pm PT/8pm ET Monday, March 30th Security Party: Location Surveillance Edition 🧭 We'll start with our phones, zoom out to data brokers, then the bigger policy fights happening right now! Register at bit.ly/TWC-SP-March
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