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Resources & References for PyCon 2020 Talk: Organizing Your Workplace
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Many thanks to the people who helped me write this talk, especially Marley Pulido-Vargas of Coworker and Lauren Burke of the Labor Network for Sustainability.

Resources

Unions

Other orgs

Company-specific orgs

Other resources

References

References are listed in the order in which they were mentioned in the talk.

Intro

Labor exploitation in US history:

Modern day labor exploitation:

Problems in tech workplaces

Organizing for the Common Good

Problems in tech we could address:

How to organize your workplace

Note: in the recorded talk, I neglected to mention two types of unions. The first is a members-only or minority union where a minority of workers voluntary choose to form a union. This type of union has fewer rights/protections and cannot collectively bargain on behalf of all workers, but there are things they can accomplish. The second type of union is a solidarity union which eschews external union support and formal contract negotiations, and instead focuses on changing employer before and improving worker conditions through direct action.

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