UTAW BAME Workers in Tech

BAME workers caucus of the union @UTAW_uk. Organise with us for an anti-racist labour movement in the UK tech sector.

[UTAW BAME Workers in Tech @UTAW_BAME]

We at the @UTAW_uk BAME workers caucus are organising to tackle issues that affect Black, Asian, migrant and all racially oppressed people in the tech industry

[UTAW BAME Workers in Tech @UTAW_BAME]

RT @CWUnews: One of the most inspiring speeches every made at a CWU Conference.

Thank you @ninaturner - we go forward, together.

#CWU24…

[United Tech & Allied Workers (UTAW-CWU) @UTAW_uk]

☁ ☀️▅▒░☼‿☼░▒▅ ☀️☁ #CWU24

[United Tech & Allied Workers (UTAW-CWU) @UTAW_uk]

At #CWU24 @DaveWardGS’s speech referenced the hundreds of thousands of tech workers in the UK.

Our branch’s strength makes the CWU the largest union representing tech workers in the UK.

The opportunity for further growth is incredible - time for us to take it! ✊

[CWU @CWUnews]

The first two days of CWU conference will be live on our YouTube channel

https://t.co/mw2O3UKQgt

#CWU24

[Dr. Kate Sim @katejsim]

Terminated worker here. Listen when employers tell you exactly who they are

McCarthyism is alive and well. Look how terrified they are of worker power 🔥

Solidarity always ✊ we'll keep us safe when we fight together

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: SEGA workers just won the first union contract at any major video game company in America.

[United Tech & Allied Workers (UTAW-CWU) @UTAW_uk]

LIVE rn
https://t.co/PWnkZTSN8w

[Caroline Haskins @car0linehaskins]

A Google Cloud engineer just interrupted Google Israel managing director Barak Regev at Israeli tech industry conference MindTheTech this morning in NY.

“I refuse to build technology that powers genocide!” he yelled, referring to Google’s Project Nimbus contract

[IAATW @IAATW_Org]

no love this Valentine’s Day for app companies 💔💔

#globaldriverstrike 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇸🇬🇧

[The Gig Economy Project @project_gig]

VALENTINE'S DAY STRIKE INTERVIEW ❤️✊

Riders' strike looks set to shutdown the food delivery platforms for the 2nd time in 2 weeks.

GEP spoke to one of the @DeliveryJobUK strike leaders about what motivated him & how the strike has been organised.

Read: https://t.co/ftqXbc8E7A

[Justice For App Workers @StandWithJFAW]

🚨🚨ATTENTION🚨🚨

Uber and Lyft drivers across the country are STRIKING NOW.

From Chicago to Miami to Philadelphia, app workers know we deserve better. We’re striking today for livable wages and protections from deactivations. We’ll make sure @Uber and @lyft hear our voices!

[IWGB @IWGBunion]

🚨BREAKING: Riders for Deliveroo, UberEats, JustEat and Stuart are ON STRIKE across London and the UK!

Here are some of the places taking action:

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[Deliveroo Riders RooVolt @RidersRooVolt]

The apps and restaurants are RATTLED by the mass self-organised riders' STRIKE that will happen tonight in London and beyond...

This is from a @kfc in Liverpool! ✊

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

"FTC says Rite Aid technology falsely tagged consumers, particularly women and people of color, as shoplifters; Ban will last five years"

https://t.co/g8XEDwHdrm

[IWGB @IWGBunion]

Dodgy AI is causing workers to lose their livelihoods.

Sort it out @UberEats.

[UTAW BAME Workers in Tech @UTAW_BAME]

Nothing but facts!!

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

The field of artificial intelligence (ai) cycles through what are called AI summers, epochs where every other news headline seems to be about AI and there is ample funding for the field, and AI winters, which come from the disappointment of undelivered overpromises

[Ashok Kumar @comrade_kumar_]

The Royal Society for the Arts (RSA) staff union were stunned to hear RSA were hosting an Israel event and some walked out. Their actions compelled others to act. This forced the RSA to apologise, launch an internal investigation and promise never to host an event like this again

[UTAW BAME Workers in Tech @UTAW_BAME]

Unionised workers in manchester organised to stop slave-trade cotton from being used in their factories. A similar movement needs to be built in the tech sector to end the exploitation in the industry.

[K.Diallo ☭ @nyeusi_waasi]

Congolese staged protest at a front of Apple Store in Montreal (canda) due to the brand's support for genocide and modern slavery (benefit from the child labor) in the DR Congo ✊🏿🇨🇩🔥

[Manolo De Los Santos @manolo_realengo]

BREAKING: Dockworkers in Barcelona refuse to load or unload ships carrying war materials for Israel. They join the global demand for ceasefire now.

There is a growing movement of solidarity with Palestine with millions taking action against genocide. #FreePalestine

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

NEW: Black and Asian women are now nearly 3 times as likely to be on zero-hours contracts as white men.

The new TUC analysis also reveals that zero-hours contracts rose by nearly 150,000 over the last 12 months. There are now 1.18 million people on these contracts.