An informal network of activists and labour organisers in UK tech. On temporary hiatus as our conveners shift their efforts to @UTAW_uk & @unitelondonitc
London, England
Joined July 2019
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London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
CEOs love the idea of AI because someone sells it to them as a solution that both cuts costs (in this case, gross employee costs) and *sounds* innovative enough to impress shareholders (and get gently positive media coverage).
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
The real story here is how easily bewitched CEOs are about the capabilities of AI to replace workers.
And, as with most "AI" technology, implementation involves a massive amount of supposedly algorithmic tasks outsourced to low-wage and precarious labour in the developing world.
BT to cut up to 55,000 jobs over next 10 years bbc.in/41HRvMY
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
Fantastic piece by @hamiltonnolan that applies beyond a US context — we’d add that unions in tech can have a special part to play in shaping the AI agenda around the world hamiltonnolan.com/p/ai-union…
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
There’s nothing inevitable about “the way we work” — a more sustainable and equitable future depends on improved worker power, not technological innovation
The Future of Jobs Report 2023 is here and it's clear from the findings that the rise of AI and the green transition will transform the way we work.
What skills will we need to fill the jobs of the future? On #RadioDavos, @wef Managing Director Saadia @Zahidi answers this and more alongside Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of online learning company @Coursera.
Join the conversation here: weforum.org/podcasts/radio-d…
#GrowthSummit23
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
“If you ask people working on the frontline, they’re not doing customer support or device repair – they’re making sure somebody buys something that day. That’s the real goal.”
Claire, a user researcher, on why she quit a device insurance company. news.techworkerscoalition.or…
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
We just published Why Our Union Contract is Stalled at Code for America news.techworkerscoalition.or…
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
*Adam Curtis voice* the middle managers created Jira metrics to make sense of the world, and to try and control the people who really had the power: the workers
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
“Language is a living, breathing thing. A computer program doesn’t go out into the world to fact-check what it scraped off the internet.” – @turkopticon workers in @techworkersco on the ChatGPT hype, what it hides, and the people it claims to replace.
news.techworkerscoalition.or…
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
We just published “Beware the Hype: ChatGPT Didn't Replace Human Data Annotators” by @turkopticon news.techworkerscoalition.or…
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
At @UTAW_uk we're already seeing how AI tools can be used to track, exploit, and discriminate against workers.
This is a backwards and ignorant decision - new legislation is desperately needed if we're to keep pace with the deployment of AI technology in the workplace.
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
Laying off 1 in 20 of your employees while in 'a position of strength'? Game workers need a strong union to challenge unfair redundancies.
If you're in the UK games industry, join our union at iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game-wor…
gamesindustry.biz/ea-restruc…
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
“Malcolm @BigMeanInternet urges us stop reminiscing about the 1967 theatrics of levitating the Pentagon and to start retelling the Pentagon bombing and other direct action to dismantle the war machine built by software company leadership.” 👀 news.techworkerscoalition.or…
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
Can we normalise unionising across big tech in the UK? ✊
Can we normalise waving goodbye at the end of a @MicrosoftTeams call?
Thanks bye 👋
#MicrosoftTeams #WFH #Meeting
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
NEW: We are launching Games Transformed alongside @IWGB_GW & @UTAW_uk!
Starting May 1, join a month long Game Jam & play the entries at a one-day festival of workshops, games & parties on May 28th in London.
❤️Love Games 🎮
🤬Hate capitalism💰
TICKETS: bit.ly/40lZpv7
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
Thank you @LeftFootFwd and @hannah11dav! We’re in the midst of a crisis — we can only get through it as an organised collective
Membership to @UTAW_uk union rises as workers face lay-offs and increasing workplace surveillance
leftfootforward.org/2023/03/…
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
Our union's a support network of game devs in hundreds of companies across the UK. Together we can stick up for each other, and make the industry a better place for everyone.
Join our union at: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game-wor…
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
We are excited to co-sponsor a book release event for Malcom Harris’ new book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World. Harris puts the history of technical advancement in the Bay Area in the lens of labor history and the forces of capital. See you there!
London Tech Workers Coalition retweeted
An important thread — unions do more than protect jobs, they defend work that capitalists deem unnecessary. As this disaster shows, that can have huge (and long-lasting) ecological implications
