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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · last wk.

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...

Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 6d ago

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

Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 2w ago

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

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 11mo ago

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

Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · last mo.

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...

Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · last mo.

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...

Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · last mo.

⚡️ 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...

Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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.

Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org · 2mo ago

‼️Circuit Breakers CFP due July 15‼️ click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.SE...

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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Tech Workers Coalition@techworkerscoalition.org · 2mo ago

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

Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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.

Dee @deedotk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It tickles me that there's an Arbeiter (worker) brewing in Minnesota

Tech Workers Coalition@techworkerscoalition.org · 2mo ago

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!

Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 2mo ago

labor organizing focused resources for resisting ai in the workplace from @techworkerscoalition.org

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 ...

workersdecide.tech

Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 2mo ago

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

Keith @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

my god, it's real

Raffi Melkonian@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You can go through the strait free, but it takes 2 days, or you can subscribe to Hormuz Plus.

Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 2mo ago

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!

Dannel Jurado @demarko.org · 2mo ago

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

Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org · 2mo ago

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

SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 2mo ago

these are all prints someone would have and then give you an hourlong speech about the artist and how he's their favorite

CNBC @cnbc.com · 2mo ago

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 · 2mo ago

🚨 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...

trash wizard the iv @ourcityburning.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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)

Tech Workers Coalition@techworkerscoalition.org · 2mo ago

🚨 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...

Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 2mo ago

🚨 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...

The NewsGuild of New York @nyguild.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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...

Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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

CWA for Palestine @cwa4palestine.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"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

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.

wecanbreakthechain.com

Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 3mo ago

📣 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.

Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org · 3mo ago

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...

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.

time.com

Solidarity Union Network (SUN)@sununion.org · 3mo ago

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.

Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · 3mo ago

time.com/article/2026... Read about the Oracle workers fighting back against mass layoffs and AI slop

Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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...

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.

time.com