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Our mission is to empower every worker to hold Microsoft accountable to their stated values #EmpowerWorkersToo #MicrosoftLife All opinions are our own.

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As most of us comfortably work from home, ICE agents are taking advantage of this crisis and breaking public health orders to arrest, all while using Microsoft's technology. We have an opportunity and obligation to speak out. Support Mijente's petition: notechforice.com/corona
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We would much rather Microsoft used today to stand up for Transgender people everywhere on Transgender Day of Visibility, instead of building weapons of war.
Brad Smith
@BradSmi31 Mar 2021
For two centuries, technology has been changing the nature of what is needed to defend a nation. We are longtime supporters of the @DeptofDefense and @USArmy’s effort to modernize the U.S. Military through advanced technology. blogs.microsoft.com/blog/202…

Army moves Microsoft HoloLens-based headset from prototyping to production phase - The Official...

Earlier today, the United States Army announced that it will work with Microsoft on the production phase of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program as it moves from rapid prototyping...

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MSPAC is no longer donating to politicians who sought to overturn the election. This is fantastic news, although it is important to realize that this expected behavior is something that had to be fought for. The bar should not be this low. blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-i…

Changes to political giving - Microsoft On the Issues

Fred Humphries, Corporate Vice President of U.S. Government Affairs, sent this email to the Microsoft PAC community.

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It's also worth noting that none of these politicians are blocklisted. This commitment is only for the 22 cycle.
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Thank you leadership for doing what's right and helping distribute the vaccine.
GeekWire
@geekwire19 Jan 2021
Trending: Microsoft campus near Seattle will be used to administer COVID-19 vaccine geekwire.com/2021/microsoft-…

Microsoft campus near Seattle will be used to administer COVID-19 vaccine

Microsoft is turning its mostly vacant campus into a COVID-19 vaccination site. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant is working with the state of

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This is a fantastic proposal for reimagining MSPAC in the wake of the Congress Riots and the seditious acts of the candidates @Microsoft donated to.
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bsky.app/profile/orta.io@orta7 Jan 2021
This morning I took a look into the MSPAC donations via @OpenSecretsDC. In 2020, MSPAC donated to roughly a third of all representatives who pledged to not uphold the election results. Accounting to 1 in 10 dollars donated by the PAC. @bradsmi / @SatyaNadella Shut down the PAC.
A list of names of US politicians who MSPAC have donated to: Ted Budd , Jeff Duncan, Jason Smith, Billy Long, Sam Graves, Guy Reschenthaler, Mike Kelly, Lloyd Smucker, John Joyce, John Rutherford, William Timmons, Kevin Hern, Chuck Fleischmann, Jim Jordan, Richard Hudson, Ron Estes, Elise Stefanik, Chris Stewart, Russ Fulcher, Andy Biggs, Jackie Walorski, Tim Walberg, Warren Davidson, John Carter, Jim Banks, Adrian Smith, Markwayne Mullin, Jodey Arrington, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mike Johnson, Ben Cline, Michael Waltz

ALT A list of names of US politicians who MSPAC have donated to: Ted Budd , Jeff Duncan, Jason Smith, Billy Long, Sam Graves, Guy Reschenthaler, Mike Kelly, Lloyd Smucker, John Joyce, John Rutherford, William Timmons, Kevin Hern, Chuck Fleischmann, Jim Jordan, Richard Hudson, Ron Estes, Elise Stefanik, Chris Stewart, Russ Fulcher, Andy Biggs, Jackie Walorski, Tim Walberg, Warren Davidson, John Carter, Jim Banks, Adrian Smith, Markwayne Mullin, Jodey Arrington, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mike Johnson, Ben Cline, Michael Waltz

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Just the other day @BradSmi claimed At Microsoft "our democratic principles must come first." That's clearly not the case with MSPAC. You can't have both.
bsky.app/profile/orta.io@orta7 Jan 2021
This morning I took a look into the MSPAC donations via @OpenSecretsDC. In 2020, MSPAC donated to roughly a third of all representatives who pledged to not uphold the election results. Accounting to 1 in 10 dollars donated by the PAC. @bradsmi / @SatyaNadella Shut down the PAC.
A list of names of US politicians who MSPAC have donated to: Ted Budd , Jeff Duncan, Jason Smith, Billy Long, Sam Graves, Guy Reschenthaler, Mike Kelly, Lloyd Smucker, John Joyce, John Rutherford, William Timmons, Kevin Hern, Chuck Fleischmann, Jim Jordan, Richard Hudson, Ron Estes, Elise Stefanik, Chris Stewart, Russ Fulcher, Andy Biggs, Jackie Walorski, Tim Walberg, Warren Davidson, John Carter, Jim Banks, Adrian Smith, Markwayne Mullin, Jodey Arrington, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mike Johnson, Ben Cline, Michael Waltz

ALT A list of names of US politicians who MSPAC have donated to: Ted Budd , Jeff Duncan, Jason Smith, Billy Long, Sam Graves, Guy Reschenthaler, Mike Kelly, Lloyd Smucker, John Joyce, John Rutherford, William Timmons, Kevin Hern, Chuck Fleischmann, Jim Jordan, Richard Hudson, Ron Estes, Elise Stefanik, Chris Stewart, Russ Fulcher, Andy Biggs, Jackie Walorski, Tim Walberg, Warren Davidson, John Carter, Jim Banks, Adrian Smith, Markwayne Mullin, Jodey Arrington, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mike Johnson, Ben Cline, Michael Waltz

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bsky.app/profile/orta.io@orta7 Jan 2021
The MSPAC has a tricky task of donating to the 2 main American political parties to be partisan. Alas this tends to favor one party in particular. (maybe systemic bias? maybe it's easier to give $ to R? or just assumes R will win?)
A graph of red vs blue bars for MSPAC donations, Red is higher almost every year

ALT A graph of red vs blue bars for MSPAC donations, Red is higher almost every year

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Abolish MSPAC.
bsky.app/profile/orta.io@orta7 Jan 2021
This morning I took a look into the MSPAC donations via @OpenSecretsDC. In 2020, MSPAC donated to roughly a third of all representatives who pledged to not uphold the election results. Accounting to 1 in 10 dollars donated by the PAC. @bradsmi / @SatyaNadella Shut down the PAC.
A list of names of US politicians who MSPAC have donated to: Ted Budd , Jeff Duncan, Jason Smith, Billy Long, Sam Graves, Guy Reschenthaler, Mike Kelly, Lloyd Smucker, John Joyce, John Rutherford, William Timmons, Kevin Hern, Chuck Fleischmann, Jim Jordan, Richard Hudson, Ron Estes, Elise Stefanik, Chris Stewart, Russ Fulcher, Andy Biggs, Jackie Walorski, Tim Walberg, Warren Davidson, John Carter, Jim Banks, Adrian Smith, Markwayne Mullin, Jodey Arrington, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mike Johnson, Ben Cline, Michael Waltz

ALT A list of names of US politicians who MSPAC have donated to: Ted Budd , Jeff Duncan, Jason Smith, Billy Long, Sam Graves, Guy Reschenthaler, Mike Kelly, Lloyd Smucker, John Joyce, John Rutherford, William Timmons, Kevin Hern, Chuck Fleischmann, Jim Jordan, Richard Hudson, Ron Estes, Elise Stefanik, Chris Stewart, Russ Fulcher, Andy Biggs, Jackie Walorski, Tim Walberg, Warren Davidson, John Carter, Jim Banks, Adrian Smith, Markwayne Mullin, Jodey Arrington, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mike Johnson, Ben Cline, Michael Waltz

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Congratulations workers at Alphabet/Google on your union announcement! You're making huge strides for the industry for the better.
Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA)@AlphabetWorkers4 Jan 2021
We're Alphabet workers. We’ve been organizing for over a year, & we’re finally ready to share why. This morning, we're announcing #AWU, the first union open to *all* workers at any Alphabet company. Every worker deserves a union—including tech workers. nytimes.com/2021/01/04/techn…

Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism (Published 2021)

The creation of the union, a rarity in Silicon Valley, follows years of increasing outspokenness by Google workers. Executives have struggled to handle the change.

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More of this please!
ABC News
@ABC9 Dec 2020
BREAKING: A coalition of 48 state attorneys general sue Facebook, alleging the company stifles competition to protect its "monopoly power." abcn.ws/3gvnOsi
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NY AG James
@NewYorkStateAG9 Dec 2020
#BREAKING: I'm leading a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general in a lawsuit against @Facebook to end its illegal monopoly. We are taking action to stand up for the millions of consumers and many small businesses that have been harmed by Facebook’s illegal behavior.
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Industrial Workers of the World@iww27 Nov 2020
Don’t cross the digital picket line. #MakeAmazonPay
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Tech Workers Coalition@techworkersco27 Nov 2020
Imagine you're one of those overrated tech hipster engineers making a grand $150K a year. How long would it take for you to reach Amazon's $1 trillion value? We are not the same as the ruling class #MakeAmazonPay
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88%Okay okay, unionize!
137 votes • Final results
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Tech Workers Coalition@techworkersco27 Nov 2020
When gig workers go on strike, we all go on strike. If we don’t, by the time our own #Prop22 arrives from the bosses, there will be no one left to fight with us Latest edition of @twcnewsletter by @jesse_squires news.techworkerscoalition.or…
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This is disgusting, unethical behavior, which is likely why these groups exist in the first place.
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Love when MSPAC slips this nonsense under the radar. Please MSPAC, tell us how Lindsey Graham embodies Microsoft's values.
Judd Legum
@JuddLegum2 Nov 2020
Replying to @JuddLegum
2. Last-minute corporate contributions to @LindseyGrahamSC: @Deloitte (5K, 10/31) @CaterpillarInc (5K, 10/31) @KraftHeinzCo (2K, 10/31) @RollsRoyce (3K, 10/29) @akin_gump (2.5K, 10/29) @Microsoft (2.5K, 10/29) @LillyPad [Eli Lilly] (1K, 10/29) @Delta (2.5K, 10/26)
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Despite the prior objections of thousands of employees and citizens, and resignations across the corporation, Microsoft continues to help ICE separate families and cafe children. Who is Microsoft accountable to? Clearly not the people who are terrorized by ICE.
Mijente 🐜🐜🐜@ConMijente17 Nov 2020
Microsoft & Amazon double down on the work they do with ICE. This work enables widespread human rights abuses but company execs see the green dollar bills and seemingly could care less. We've got lots of work to do to keep the pressure up #NoTechForICE. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ICE Seeks Large New Cloud Contract Involving Microsoft, Amazon

The companies have faced internal pushback for cooperating with immigration enforcement.

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Microsoft: Empowering ICE to achieve putting more children in cages. Perks of a vague mission statement.
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Excited to see this!
Tech Workers Coalition@techworkersco14 Nov 2020
Hello 🌍; 🔥 We are back after a 6 month hiatus and excited to amplify the organising happening in the tech industry! 👀 If you want to join the revamped social media team our twitter DM's are open! 🗞 More updates to come soon!
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