United States News Beep<p>How to know which AI tools are best for your business needs—with examples</p><p>If you’re finding it tricky to navigate the ever-changing generative AI landscape, which shifts weekly as vendors compete…<br><a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsBeep</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/GoogleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleAI</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/techworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techworkers</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/workproductivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workproductivity</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/workerproductivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workerproductivity</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/11493/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsbeep.com/us/11493/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/39112/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/39112/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Bosses are catching on to their ‘overemployed’ staff—one worker says they’re making $3K a day doing 5 jobs <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bosses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bosses</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/careers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>careers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ContractWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContractWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RemoteWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RemoteWork</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.Workers <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a></p>
Kit 🔻<p>Trade unions, workers and others in civil society have a role, too. </p><p>Francesca Albanese urges people in these groups:</p><blockquote><p>'... to press for boycotts, divestments, sanctions, justice for Palestine and accountability at the international and domestic levels; together, the people of the world can end these unspeakable crimes.''</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UNReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNReport</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/techworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techworkers</span></a></p>
eicker.news ᳇ tech news<p>»AI Killed My Job« <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Techworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Techworkers</span></a> about how <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> is impacting their <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a>: While some fear complete job <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/displacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>displacement</span></a>, others see AI as a tool to <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/streamlinetasks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>streamlinetasks</span></a> and improve <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>efficiency</span></a>. <a href="https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-ai-is-killing-jobs-in-the-tech-f39?eicker.news" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-ai</span><span class="invisible">-is-killing-jobs-in-the-tech-f39?eicker.news</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>These columns of ads…not really looking for applicants underscore the challenges facing US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> & the striking disparities in the current <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> landscape. As restaurants, meatpackers & countless other businesses now risk having workers targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> employers have…escaped <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin scrutiny for use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignLabor</span></a>. Among companies sponsoring many <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> employees for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCards</span></a> …are ones aligned w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> Recruitment Ruse That Has Avoided <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s Crackdown on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a></p><p>“This ad is for a PERM filing,”she said. “A filing for a green card.”</p><p>To anybody familiar w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PERM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PERM</span></a> system, those words meant the ad was not really intended to find applicants.…One of the most overlooked yet consequential corners of the US immigration system: the process by which employers sponsor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> w/temporary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/H1B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1B</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visas</span></a> as a first step to getting them the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-h1b-visas-perm-tech-jobs-recruitment" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/trump-i</span><span class="invisible">mmigration-h1b-visas-perm-tech-jobs-recruitment</span></a></p>
eicker.news ᳇ tech news<p><a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Dubai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dubai</span></a>’s <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/jobmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobmarket</span></a> attracts <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/techworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techworkers</span></a> with its Golden Visa programme, tax-free income, and high salaries. <a href="https://restofworld.org/2025/golden-visa-ai-jobs-uae/?eicker.news" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">restofworld.org/2025/golden-vi</span><span class="invisible">sa-ai-jobs-uae/?eicker.news</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
formuchdeliberation<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>siliconvalley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/techworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/technologyindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technologyindustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/107955-tech-workers-face-retaliation-companies-crack-down-protests.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techspot.com/news/107955-tech-</span><span class="invisible">workers-face-retaliation-companies-crack-down-protests.html</span></a></p>
caio<p>The fancy AI company, and every post on your bosses LinkedIn, is telling them that AI GIVES at least 30% of productivity boost. It doesn't matter the specifics.. It doesn't matter your opinion about it. They will push AI because, in their minds, they see profit potential. Also, they think that the competition is doing the same.</p><p>It's all about capitalists ambition and fear making pression in the weakest spot. The tech workers will be squeezed.</p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/techworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techworkers</span></a></p>
Techwerkers<p>And you know what’s fun? (Read: not!)</p><p>If Booking CEO Glenn D. Fogel were to get fired for no reason, they’d get $111,026,960</p><p>And as a regular worker? What do you get??</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Booking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Booking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a></p>
Techwerkers<p>At the same time as it’s making billions in profits, Booking is planning to lay off masses of workers at its Amsterdam offices.</p><p>Why?</p><p>Supposedly because … “organizational agility” 🤔</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Booking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Booking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a></p>
Techwerkers<p>Do you know how much money Booking*com made in 2024? No??</p><p>$5.88 billion.</p><p>Yes, that’s **BILLION**.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Booking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Booking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>A must-read piece from a tech worker at Google, arguing for a worker-led “AI arms embargo”: <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/society/</span><span class="invisible">google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/NoTechForApartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoTechForApartheid</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/organizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organizing</span></a></p>
Francis 🏴☠️ Gulotta<p>This is where my clear tech workers bias shows. This shit has been prevalent in transportation, retail, chain restaurants, factory work, anywhere they have high turnover or hire and fire large groups of people regularly. I had Neighbor’s kids answer weird personality questions with the camera on to judge their fit for a role. That was for an analyst role at a large financial institution before this recent AI takeover!</p><p><a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/workersrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workersrights</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/techworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techworkers</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>Video game layoffs in 2024 included <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> (which acquired <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Activision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Activision</span></a> Blizzard in 2023), <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SonyInteractive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SonyInteractive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlayStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlayStation</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RiotGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiotGames</span></a>, Take-Two Interactive, EA, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EpicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpicGames</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ubisoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ubisoft</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/video-game-workers-in-north-america-now-have-an-industry-wide-union-130024730.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">engadget.com/big-tech/video-ga</span><span class="invisible">me-workers-in-north-america-now-have-an-industry-wide-union-130024730.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LaborMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborMovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Organize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Organize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CWA</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>"I ask another how he’s doing—an admittedly dumb question, but what do you say? <br>“Oh you know, watching an <a href="https://mato.social/tags/autogolpe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autogolpe</span></a> from the inside,” he replies. “Feeling ten years of painstaking work to build up culture and credibility around <a href="https://mato.social/tags/digitaltransformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitaltransformation</span></a> in the <a href="https://mato.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> get burned to the ground in less than three weeks.”<br>“Fearing for my job, fearing for my family's safety,” he says. “You know, the usual.”<br>That <a href="https://mato.social/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a> is omnipresent."<br><a href="https://mato.social/tags/techworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mato.social/tags/civilservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilservice</span></a> <a href="https://mato.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a><br><a href="https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-federal-tech-workers-facing-down" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-fe</span><span class="invisible">deral-tech-workers-facing-down</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"It feels like tech workers have caught very few breaks over the past several years, between ongoing mass layoffs, stagnating wages amid inflation, AI supposedly coming for jobs, and unpopular orders to return to office that, for many, threaten to disrupt work-life balance.</p><p>But in 2024, a potentially critical mass of tech workers seemed to reach a breaking point. As labor rights groups advocating for tech workers told Ars, these workers are banding together in sustained strong numbers and are either winning or appear tantalizingly close to winning better worker conditions at major tech companies, including Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft.</p><p>In February, the industry-wide Tech Workers Coalition (TWC) noted that "the tech workers movement is far more expansive and impactful" than even labor rights advocates realized, noting that unionized tech workers have gone beyond early stories about Googlers marching in the streets and now "make the headlines on a daily basis.""</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/from-ai-to-rto-unpopular-policies-may-fuel-tech-worker-movements-in-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">24/12/from-ai-to-rto-unpopular-policies-may-fuel-tech-worker-movements-in-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/RTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RTO</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ReturnToOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReturnToOffice</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/LaborMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborMovement</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>The debates over high-skilled immigration and programs like H-1b are closely related, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://econtwitter.net/@noahpinion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noahpinion</span></a></span> writes. But most H-1b visas are largely used by Indian tech workers, and this has made for strange bedfellows in MAGA world. <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/H1b" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>H1b</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flip.it/kvo_Rp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/kvo_Rp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
APC<p>📌 New report by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@7amleh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>7amleh</span></a></span>: “Delete the Issue: Tech Worker Testimonies on Palestinian Advocacy and Workplace Suppression.” </p><p><a href="https://7amleh.org/2024/11/11/tech-workers-testimonies-stories-of-suppression-of-palestinian-advocacy-in-the-workplace-en" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">7amleh.org/2024/11/11/tech-wor</span><span class="invisible">kers-testimonies-stories-of-suppression-of-palestinian-advocacy-in-the-workplace-en</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a></p>
LeeRayl<p>It’s fucking Friday and I am fucking feeling feisty.</p><p>As the unofficial infosec.exchange Union Steward I need you to remember our Brothers and Sisters who are in the unemployment rolls this week.</p><p>I need you to want more than a weekend, I need you to fight for tech workers rights!</p><p>We got to take care of our own, it’s time.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/techworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techworkers</span></a> NOW!!!</p><p>I don’t know shit about this in reality but I have read a lot and I got the ability and skills but we got to do better for each other.</p><p>My song today: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/55LAbc7uOrQPwpSLY1OQ2D?si=xFVlxljISTmsWDmdUhaP_g&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1E8Ua5q9I3vp8C" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/track/55LAbc7</span><span class="invisible">uOrQPwpSLY1OQ2D?si=xFVlxljISTmsWDmdUhaP_g&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1E8Ua5q9I3vp8C</span></a></p><p>I ain’t joking</p>
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