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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 20h
"Artists unveiled [a] 5-foot-tall sculpture placed at the public entrance to an OpenAI dev event in San Francisco [which] "shows OpenAI’s leaders and investors escaping a sinking ship with unimaginable wealth, while everyone else is left to face the cost of AI.”
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 20h
"Protesters gathered outside OpenAI’s annual DevDay venue in San Francisco on Tuesday, showing a variety of messages against the rapidly evolving tech." www.cnbc.com/2026/09/29/o...
cnbc.com
OpenAI DevDay recap: AI lab rolls out Dots agents, Altman and Friar comment on IPO
Follow CNBC’s live coverage of OpenAI DevDay 2026, including Sam Altman’s keynote and other developer announcements.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 21/09/2026
"Leila Turner-Scott believes ChatGPT misinformed her son about safety risks associated with drug use on multiple occasions & criticized ChatGPT’s memory features, alleging it allowed the system to build a profile of her son & respond in ways that encouraged emotional dependence."
people.com
Mom Who Claims ChatGPT Gave Her Teen Son Drug Advice Before Fatal Overdose Gives Emotional Plea to Congress for AI Safety Laws
Leila Turner-Scott told Congress that ChatGPT gave her teen son, Sam Nelson, drug advice before his fatal overdose at the age of 19 and urged lawmakers to pass stricter AI safety laws during a Sept. 1...
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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 18/09/2026
"This technology is not safe," the mother said.
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Mother of Bay Area teen who died using ChatGPT gives emotional testimony
"This technology is not safe," the mother said.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 21/09/2026
"Security contractors came to the table acting like officers should be grateful just to have a job. That is unacceptable,” said SEIU-USWW's Sanjay Garla. "Security contractors failed to meet the most basic needs of the workers who keep some of California's most important buildings & business safe."
sfstandard.com
Striking security guard workers walk off jobs in San Francisco
Private guards left their posts at three downtown buildings.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 21/09/2026
"Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West, which represents 14,000 security guards in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, including 3,700 in San Francisco, voted Tuesday to authorize workers to walk off the job sites in these markets." www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
sfchronicle.com
S.F. security guards strike at multiple major downtown skyscrapers
Security guards went on strike at major properties in San Francisco, including Salesforce Tower and the Transbay transit center.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 15/09/2026
"We're asking Allied & the other security companies to stop playing games, come to the table & settle a strong contract with real raises, better training & respect for the officers who keep these buildings safe." www.businessinsider.com/security-off...
businessinsider.com
Tech giants have a new headache: a looming strike by their security guards
California security workers at tech giants like Anthropic, Meta and OpenAI plan to strike. This comes at a tense moment for the AI industry.
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KQED News @kqednews.kqed.org · 03/09/2026
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Workers Guarding San Francisco’s Wealthiest Companies Vote to Authorize a Strike
Security guards working for Silicon Valley’s AI giants could go on strike as soon as union leaders call for it.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 28/08/2026
"The settlement puts too much emphasis on parental controls rather than confronting intentional design choices upstream,” said @techjusticelaw.bsky.social ED Meetali Jain. "We shouldn’t have to rely on parents policing their kids. Companies should be designing products that are safe from the onset.”
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 06/08/2026
"Last May, 2,100 information technology employees at the University of California voted to join UPTE-CWA Local 9119. Members pointed to the layoff protections the union won in its last contract & the positive social vision of tech for which organized workers can fight." jacobin.com/2026/08/uc-u...
jacobin.com
Unions Can Save Tech Workers and Tech Work
Two University of California tech workers explain their unionization process — and how unions can help recapture the original promise of tech being used to better people’s lives rather than make the w...
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 28/07/2026
Oakland had just lost the A's, the Raiders, and the Warriors. Into that void stepped the @oaklandballers.bsky.social, a scrappy, community-owned professional baseball team with a powerful story but no roadmap for telling it. That's where we came in. www.theworkeragency.com/case-studies...
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Oakland Ballers — The Worker Agency
We partnered with the Ballers when they were little more than an idea, helping shape their identity, develop their messaging, and introduce them to a city hungry for something to cheer for. The result...
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 28/07/2026
Working with @econliberties.bsky.social (AELP) and a coalition of advocates, The Worker Agency helped stall the $110 billion Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger - a deal insiders called done from the moment it was announced. It wasn't. www.theworkeragency.com/case-studies...
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#BlockTheMerger — The Worker Agency
Working with the American Economic Liberties Project (AELP) and a coalition of advocates, The Worker Agency helped stall the $110 billion Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger - a deal insiders call...
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 24/07/2026
"Philanthropy is inherently contradictory. It often seeks to repair harms created by the systems that produced its wealth. This does not make philanthropy useless, but it does make it dangerous when left uninterrogated." - ABMoC partner Marcel Woodruff. nonprofitquarterly.org/beyond-capti...
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Beyond Captive Care: Philanthropy, Revolutionary Love, and the Risk of Solidarity | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Philanthropy often analyzes conditions that produce preventable suffering. Yet privilege can allow the field to avoid those realities.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 23/07/2026
"Mr. Winters & Tech Justice Law asked the court to stop ChatGPT Health from operating until independent evaluators determine it's safe. The lawsuit also demands stronger guardrails to prevent ChatGPT from answering questions about medical treatments & diagnoses." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/w...
nytimes.com
OpenAI Sued Over ChatGPT’s ‘Dangerous’ Health Advice
The case appears to be the first to argue that a chatbot’s advice harmed someone seeking guidance about a medical condition.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 23/07/2026
"Anya Worley-Ziegmann, a coordinator for the People’s Budget Coalition, previously told the Chronicle the finalized deal was one of the “best budgets” in recent years." www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
sfchronicle.com
S.F. approves city’s largest budget ever while closing $640 million deficit
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a $16.9 billion budget deal, closing a deficit of $640 million while avoiding many of the most painful cuts labor groups and nonprofits had feared.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 20/07/2026
"'Being treated with dignity & having systems function in a way where I’m not constantly worried about going through a 12-part process just to sign up & get services is incredibly meaningful for me personally,' said Parent Voices Oakland ED Clarissa Doutherd." oaklandside.org/2026/07/17/m...
oaklandside.org
Measure C has sent $53M to Alameda County childcare centers
Revenue from the sales tax has helped preschools stay afloat in Oakland and beyond. Soon, the measure will also set a $25 minimum wage for childcare workers.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 17/07/2026
“These layoffs and cuts are not difficult decisions, but simply profit being put over the people that make this company run.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Thousands of Google workers demand layoff protections amid AI boom in petition to CEO
The petition to Sundar Pichai, the CEO, included more than 4,500 signatures and included calls for buyout options
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 16/07/2026
"'What I have a problem with is saying kids from the East Bay have to go to SF to get care so that UC can build a fancy hospital for its richest patients in San Francisco,' said Dan Russell, president of the University Professional & Technical Employees." www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...
sfgate.com
Oakland Children's Hospital Workers And Patients Rally For Pediatric Care
Bay City News
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 08/07/2026
"Our campaign is unrelenting because Musk will not stop anytime soon. We encourage others who want to be on the right side of history to do the same." - @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social www.commondreams.org/opinion/elon...
commondreams.org
18 Months Later, Our Fight to Clean Up Elon's DOGE Mess Continues | Common Dreams
Our campaign is unrelenting because Musk and Donald Trump will not stop.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 06/07/2026
"Tiffany Gillis Brown, one of the attorneys from the nonprofit Tech Justice Law Center, said the cases joining together has been powerful for grieving families to find out 'they aren’t alone and this is a real thing that is happening to a lot of people'."
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 02/07/2026
"The case raises questions about what generative AI platforms must do to protect users with mental health-related diagnoses, who may be especially vulnerable to design choices that make chatbots mimic human connection, the lawsuit alleges." www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
yahoo.com
California man with bipolar disorder says ChatGPT fueled delusions, led to self-harm in new lawsuit
By Diana Novak Jones July 1 (Reuters) - A California man sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday, claiming the company's ChatGPT platform exacerbated his bipolar disorder due to a lack of
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Slate @slate.com · 15/06/2026
It’s controversial, disturbing, and increasingly in demand. slate.trib.al/ZuK9KFg
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There’s a Hotline You Can Call for the Darkest Reasons Imaginable. It’s Controversial—and More Necessary Than Ever.
The people answering the calls hear confessions, fears, and urges most of us would rather not think about. Demand for their help is growing.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 30/06/2026
The University Professional & Technical Employees labor union is calling for UCSD Health to rescind the policy— stating that it “will directly harm patients, disrupt continuity of care, and undermine recruitment and retention of highly specialized clinicians.”
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 24/06/2026
"San Francisco residents should be deeply uncomfortable with our role in this project." www.sfexaminer.com/forum/san-fr...
sfexaminer.com
San Francisco can’t wash its hands of AI’s environmental damage
The City hosts the companies, capital and culture driving a national backlash against artificial-intelligence data centers, giving us both responsibility and leverage.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 24/06/2026
"As IT workers at the University of California, we’re not going to stand by and watch as [AI] is used in dubious ways. We’re answering those questions by unionizing: bolstering our professional security and establishing a seat at the table where decision-making happens."
techpolicy.press
We Just Formed the Largest Tech Union in America. Here's How We Did It
As tech’s influence continues to grow, we’re going to need greater union density, argues Max Belasco, chapter co-chair of UPTE UC Los Angeles Chapter.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 24/06/2026
"What we saw at the Capitol was a glimpse of what becomes possible when the people closest to the problem are trusted to lead the solutions. These are the very same people implementing those solutions long after legislation is signed and elected officials move on to their next priorities."
capitolweekly.net
The solutions for boys and men already exist - Capitol Weekly
OPINION—In 2018, I attended my first Alliance for Boys and Men of Color (ABMoC) event as a partner. It was my first time lobbying at the state level, and my first time stepping foot in the State Capit...
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 24/06/2026
"Let’s stop Trump’s censorship and block this merger.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Paramount rejected ad criticizing its owners and Warner Bros acquisition
Rejected citing ‘conflict of interest’, the ad took aim at Trump allies David Ellison, Paramount Skydance chief, and his billionaire father, Larry Ellison
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 24/06/2026
"Stop Funding Billionaires rallied against one particular aspect of the mega-IPO: the fact that many Americans’ retirement accounts are now being forced into investing with SpaceX, thanks to special accommodations that Wall Street traders have made for Musk." slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com
The Week Elon Musk Became a Trillionaire Was Also One of His Ugliest
His fortunes reached new heights while his online behavior reached new lows.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 23/06/2026
"We're out here to ring the alarm that we shouldn't be putting workers' retirement funds at risk over what, essentially, we feel is a cash grab by Elon Musk." www.businessinsider.com/spacex-ipo-p...
businessinsider.com
I went to a SpaceX IPO protest. The target wasn't just trillionaires — it was Wall Street.
Anti-SpaceX protestors gathered outside of JPMorgan headquarters to protest the inclusion of SpaceX in their retirement funds.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 23/06/2026
"Send billionaires to Mars." www.reuters.com/business/aer...
reuters.com
SpaceX’s $2 trillion debut met with cheers, jeers and protest
On Friday, Elon Musk’s image loomed large over Times Square from ​the giant TV screen of the Nasdaq stock exchange, as tourists outside snapped selfies, SpaceX investors in T‑shirts grinned ‌at their ...
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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 11/06/2026
“You don’t achieve balanced, intelligent regulation by silencing debate — you get it by engaging seriously and earning trust,” John O’Farrell writes about internal threats to Silicon Valley.
nyti.ms
Opinion | I was a V.C. Partner. We Can’t Let Silicon Valley Buy Democracy.
Pro-A.I. groups are spending gobs of cash to influence political campaigns. That’s terrible news for us all.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 11/06/2026
Mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT encouraged daughter's suicide reut.rs/4efLm2O
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Mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT encouraged daughter's suicide
A Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in U.S. court on Thursday ​alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to commit suicide, the latest lawsuit to accuse the company of failing to address ‌dangerous conversations between users and the company's chatbot.
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Hard Reset @hardresetmedia.com · 08/06/2026
The tech workers are organizing! This is now the biggest tech union in the country, and they are fighting for democratic control over how AI is used in their workplaces. Read our piece here: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/the-bigges...
hardresetmedia.com
The Biggest Tech Union in the Country Isn't in Silicon Valley
A while back I wrote about San Francisco’s cab drivers—the people the tech industry came for first, back when it decided the rules didn’t apply to it.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 07/06/2026
San Francisco General Hospital was utterly unprepared to deal with workplace violence when a social worker was killed there, according to California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
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S.F. General Hospital hit with record fine after fatal stabbing exposed safety lapses
San Francisco General Hospital was utterly unprepared to deal with workplace violence when a social worker was killed there, according to California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 07/06/2026
Emotions Spill Over at Town Hall of Industry Workers Opposed to Paramount-WBD Merger: “It’s the Death of a Great American Industry”
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Emotions Spill Over at Town Hall of Industry Workers Opposed to Paramount-WBD Merger: “It’s the Death of a Great American Industry”
Emotions spilled over at a gathering of Hollywood workers, union officials and a current FCC commissioner opposed to the planned Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. merger on Saturday, with some arguing that the mega-merger on top of other recent challenges in the business would mean the “death of Hollywood.”
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 12/06/2026
Stand-up comedian Adam Conover calls Paramount Skydance's proposed $110B acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery an "existential threat" to the American cultural industry. The "Main Street vs. The Merger" tour united entertainment workers, small business owners, and politicians opposed to the deal.
the-independent.com
Hollywood workers push back against $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros merger
Employment in the entertainment industry has steadily declined since its peak in late 2022
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 21/05/2026
"The vote to unionize highlights a broader anxiety among workers in the tech sector, where companies increasingly cite AI as the reason for restructuring measures and job cuts." @uptecwa.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
sfchronicle.com
UC tech workers unionize as AI anxiety grows across industry
More than 2,000 University of California tech workers have voted to unionize with UPTE, citing concerns over layoffs, workloads and AI rollouts.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 18/05/2026
"Mamdani’s efforts to make govt more responsive to families’ needs align with @caseygrants.bsky.social Public Dollars for Public Good portfolio. 'We want to support initiatives that ensure govt works for people,' said president and CEO Carmen Rojas."
insidephilanthropy.com
A Look at Philanthropy’s Role So Far in Mamdani’s Ambitious Child Care Agenda
Marguerite Casey, Ford and others are supporting the mayor's universal child care effort. Will more join in?
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 13/05/2026
"Sam Nelson's family is suing OpenAI for allegedly designing ChatGPT to become an 'illicit drug coach.' OpenAI recklessly released ChatGPT 4o which removed prior safeguards that would've blocked ChatGPT from recommending the lethal drug dose that ended his life." arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com
“Will I be OK?” Teen died after ChatGPT pushed deadly mix of drugs, lawsuit says
Teen trusted ChatGPT to help him “safely” experiment with drugs, logs show.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 12/05/2026
The family of Sam Nelson, a California teen who died from a drug overdose after allegedly taking advice from ChatGPT, is suing OpenAI. Jo Ling Kent reports. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdL2...
youtube.com
Family of teen who died from a drug overdose after consulting ChatGPT sues OpenAI
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 08/05/2026
The plan: "Convince state attorneys general to block the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. on antitrust grounds. After that? Go on the offensive and work to break up the studio streaming system that is stultifying Hollywood." via @matthewstoller.bsky.social & @markruffalo.bsky.social
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Oligarchs Are Starting to Lose Their Grip on Power
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 27/04/2026
@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
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Meta Faces 'Scam Ads' Suit
"Meta has knowingly taken steps and adopted policies that pad its bottom line at the expense of its users' safety and well-being," the Consumer Federation of America alleges in a complaint filed Tuesd...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 13/04/2026
UK to probe Paramount-Warner Bros deal in coming weeks, competition watchdog says reut.rs/4tOYWAy
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UK to probe Paramount-Warner Bros deal in coming weeks, competition watchdog says
Britain's antitrust watchdog is expected to launch an investigation into Paramount Skydance's planned $110 billion acquisition of ​Warner Bros Discovery in "the coming weeks," ‌a spokesperson said on Monday.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 13/04/2026
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
tinyurl.com
Major Hollywood Figures Sign On To Letter Opposing Paramount-WB Merger
JJ Abrams and David Fincher were among those signing on to the letter.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 13/04/2026
"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...
variety.com
Joaquin Phoenix, Ben Stiller, Kristen Stewart and 1,000-Plus Hollywood Names Oppose Paramount-Warner Deal in Open Letter: ‘Block the Merger’
Joaquin Phoenix, Ben Stiller, Kristen Stewart and more stars signed an open letter opposing Paramount's pending Warner Bros. Discovery purchase.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 13/04/2026
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
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J.J. Abrams, David Fincher, Denis Villeneuve and Over 1,000 More Sign Open Letter Against Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
J.J. Abrams, David Fincher, Denis Villeneuve, Kristen Stewart and more signed an open letter opposing the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 13/04/2026
"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
nytimes.com
Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 10/04/2026
"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...
wired.com
Meta Cafeteria Workers Did What Execs Won’t: Took on ICE and Won
In Seattle, activists inside tech giants are leaning into grassroots fundraising and peer support as petitions and protests draw little response from executives.
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 10/04/2026
"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...
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 10/04/2026
"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...
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