#techlabor
I got to chat on the Kim Komando Show @kimkomando.bsky.social last week! My segment starts around the 19-minute mark. Didn’t get to dive as deep into the AI supply chain as I wanted, but it was a fun convo.
#AI #InvisibleWorkers #TechLabor #datawork
AI side hustles: what you need to know
open.spotify.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨 Months ago, I warned this would happen.

In my @GoodMenProject piece, I predicted that underpaid human workers could be used to masquerade as AI chatbots.

Now it's real. 700 Indians.

🔗 goodmenproject.com/featured-con...

#AIethics #TechLabor #DigitalExploitation #FutureOfWork #HumanBehindTheBot
Please Be Moral to Your AI Chatbot
What if the real tragedy of modern tech isn’t that AIs might become conscious, but that we never noticed when they already did?
goodmenproject.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
BABY’S FIRST RADIO INTERVIEW! I had a wonderful time on KKFI’s Heartland Labor Forum, getting interviewed about tech unions, who gets to be a “tech worker,” and — you guessed it — YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION:

kkfi.org/program-epis...

#YDATUbook #radio #interview #labor #TechLabor #1u
Why Are They Trying to Outlaw Rank Choice Voting? And Ethan Marcotte, You Deserve a Tech Union • KKFI
On the final day of its 2024 session, the Missouri legislature added ranked choice voting to the August ballot. With ten states already banning it, will Missouri voters follow? Also, author Ethan Marc...
kkfi.org
August 5, 2024 at 1:21 PM
The New York Times Tech Guild is officially on STRIKE 📢

#unions #TechUnions #TechLabor #1u
November 4, 2024 at 12:24 PM
🦊

Last year, I wrote a book called YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION; several months later, my publisher decided to close its doors.

This is a post about what happens next: ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/reacqu...

#YDATUbook #TechUnions #TechLabor #1u
Reacquired. — ethanmarcotte.com
Last year, I wrote a book. Several months later, my publisher closed its doors. This is about what happens next.
ethanmarcotte.com
July 22, 2024 at 12:47 PM
“The Tech Guild says Times management bargained for only seven hours in September, what they considered insufficient to reaching a deal.”

Some good coverage from @washingtonpost.com on the NYT Tech Guild’s strike threat: www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

#1u #labor #TechLabor #TechUnions
What happens if the NYT’s tech staff strikes on election night?
A message from Times journalists to executives asks: “Can you imagine if our election needle didn’t work?”
www.washingtonpost.com
October 23, 2024 at 4:27 PM
A wonderful essay from @jacky.wtf, with background on how CfA Workers United fought for — and together, how they *won* — their first contract. www.kernelmag.io/4/labor-luck

#unions #TechWorkers #TechLabor #1u
Kernel | A Labor of Luck
It’s July 13, 2023 on a hot Florida day. I’m on a Zoom call with the rest of the bargaining committee of Code for America (Cf...
www.kernelmag.io
June 23, 2024 at 6:50 PM
A must-read piece from a tech worker at Google, on the urgent need for a worker-led “AI arms embargo”: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

#ai #NoTechForApartheid #TechLabor #TechWorkers #organizing
I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing.
For the first time, I feel driven to speak publicly, because our company is now powering state violence across the globe.
www.thenation.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🔍 The Hidden Workforce Behind Your AI

#AIEthics #TechLabor #DigitalExploitation #TheInternetIsCrack
July 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM