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Upcoming event! Deregulating AI Labor: Deportation by Any Other Name cyber.harvard.edu/events/dereg...

New open access book! The Hashtag Hustle: Law and Policy Perspectives on Working in the Influencer Economy www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...

Report: Red-Teaming in the Public Interest, from Data & Society datasociety.net/library/red-...

Call for Creative Media Projects – Data Work in the Digital Economy www.ivir.nl/call-for-cre...

Event: Fairwork U.S. Report Launch: When AI Eats the Manager share.hsforms.com/1mE-2CM4tSVq...

A statement on the ongoing genocide in Gaza from the Editorial Collective of Communication, Culture, and Critique academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-...

I have been hesitant to share my work lately b/c we are in crises, but increasingly I think we need affirmative visions & not just defensive actions. We need a Project Now Until Liberation. I think the two pieces I am sharing here can contribute to that. So, w/a deep breath, here they are - 1/3

Former Commissioner of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ⬇️⬇️

"Staffing can be controlled by AI algorithmic software that monitors the number of patients in a facility and the severity of their medical." And "video sitters" like antitheft robots that surveil stores. tonemadison.com/articles/wis...

DSI Lecture Series | Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions www.digitalstudies.umich.edu/news-events/...

Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal Launch Party www.disconetwork.org/disco-events...

"While I agree Sortation Centers are clear choke points in Amazon’s system, this analysis is only one component of an effective organizing strategy," Amazon warehouse worker Paul Blundell writes in response to Benjamin Y. Fong's piece last month: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0... 1/2

Job: Postdoc on the international project ‘Democracy, AI and Big Tech: Assessing corporate activities in the advancement of Artificial Intelligence in the UK, US and Canada [AIDEMOCRACY]’ led by Prof Lina Dencik jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

PostDoc: Conceptual Framework for Justice and Wellbeing in Transport & Mobility jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/p...

Congratulations to LaborTech member Sofya Aptekar for winning the Honorable Mention for the Mirra Komarovsky Book Award from the Eastern Sociological Association for her book Green Card Soldier, which was published on our Labor and Technology Series with MIT Press! mitpress.mit.edu/978026204789...

Check out this new podcast: "Machines that fail us," a podcast by the Media and Culture Research Group at the University of St. Gallen about the human rights implications of AI errors and failures and our future with artificial intelligence. www.unisg.ch/en/news/podc...

I recently read @sofaptekar.bsky.social new book Green Card Soldier & I cannot stop thinking about how empire arms itself through capitalist predation on people who then "choose" to be its foot soldiers in exchange for social support. Read it for yourself: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204789...

Book talk: "Waiting for Robots: The Hidden Hands of Automation" (University of Chicago Press, 2025) with author Antonio Casilli Feb 28, 2025, 12:00 – 1:30pm (GMT-5) forms.office.com/pages/respon...

February 13, 12pm EST (US): Launch for the Data Labelers Association (datalabelers.org) Join DAIR on Twitch to meet the workers and learn how to support their struggle (www.twitch.tv/dair_institute)

California Domestic Workers Just Won Key Wildfire Protections substack.perfectunion.us/p/california...

Don’t Panic—Organize! labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

hey all! i'm organizing an open panel at 4S in Seattle this year on the tech entrepreneurs who are trying to build new cities/states (e.g., Prospera, California Forever) For more info, click here (www.4sonline.org/accepted_ope...) The panel is #185 :)

New Op-Ed from me and @smw.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com today! We discuss how the rush to implement AI within national and defence infrastructure (including in weapons) may in fact threaten, rather than preserve, US national security. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...

Tell Microsoft To Stop Partnering With Israel's Genocide actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

CFP: 2025 Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies Annual Conference cawls.ca/en/2025-annu...

New publication from LaborTech member Adio-Adet Tichafara Dinika! Trapped in the Matrix: Algorithmic Control and Worker Dispossession in the African Platform Economy ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wj...

Event: AI and the Future for Workers: Labor Union Responses to Artificial Intelligence www.ilr.cornell.edu/carow/events...

Job: Assistant Professor - Black Creative Practice and Arts Management jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Beyond Big Tech: A manifesto for a new digital economy peoplevsbig.tech/beyond-big-t...

Primer on Generative AI and Labor: Power, Hype, and Value at Work datasociety.net/library/gene...

Event: Tech Worker Rights: Know Your Data Rights in California Thurs, Jan 30 @ 6pm PST (US) techequity.us/event/tech-w...

Happening in 20 minutes! Our first Speaker Series event of the year. Carlotta Ferrero is joining us to discuss her work on advancing the welfare of workers in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the UAE For Zoom info, email our coordinator Angelica (angelica.martinez.ochoa @ gmail)

Here's What Happens When Corporations Offshore Your Job substack.perfectunion.us/p/heres-what...

Organizing In The Shadow Of The Law by Greg Baltz lpeproject.org/blog/organiz...

Labor Notes National Call: Beating the Billionaires in 2025 labornotes.org/events/2024/...

New book by LaborTech member Hemangini Gupta! Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India www.ucpress.edu/books/experi...

The nearly two-week strike hobbled the largest U.S. ski resort during a busy holiday period and sparked online fury about deepening economic inequality in rural mountain areas. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/t...

From Amazon to Starbucks, How Corporations Used the System Against Workers and Consumers in 2024 substack.perfectunion.us/p/from-amazo...

Happy New Year from all of us at LaborTech! Here's to more labor wins in 2025 💪🏿💪🏾💪🏽💪🏼💪🏻

Now accepting applications: UC Berkeley Labor Center's Labor Summer Internship laborcenter.berkeley.edu/labor-summer...

🚨 New book! Trans Technologies by Oliver L. Haimson (now available for pre-order!) mitpress.mit.edu/978026255186...

The First STS India Network Conference stsin.org/stsinc25/

Illusion Of Freedom Vs Tyranny Of Gig Work: The Dilemma Of Urban Co’s ‘Partners’ behanbox.com/2023/02/03/i...

www.propublica.org/article/abor...

Thousands of Amazon Workers Strike During Pre-Christmas Rush www.wsj.com/business/ret...

The Strike: Building Workers' Power Today. March 28-29, 2025 websites.umass.edu/strike2025/

Labor Board Classifies ‘Love Is Blind’ Contestants as Employees www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/a...

'I Learned How to Say No': Labor Abuses and Sexual Exploitation in Colombian Webcam Studios. www.hrw.org/report/2024/...

The “Injury-Productivity Trade-off”: How Amazon’s Obsession with Speed Creates Uniquely Dangerous Warehouses www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

The Big Union Contract Fights Coming in 2025 labornotes.org/2024/12/big-...