git pull union

Hubbers working to make a better future for all workers at GitHub.

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

We need to get OR-GA-NIZED. We can't wait until WE PERSONALLY are on the chopping block! 10% is 10% too many! We fight together, or we get fired separately!

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

@sgrif We're still a thing, just not very active on Twitter. 😅

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

Our hearts go out to our friends at Twitter, who now live under the threat of a massive round of firing. This situation demonstrates that tech workers are just as vulnerable to the whims of capitalists as anyone else. We need unions so badly.

[William Fitzgerald @william_fitz]

Google contractors wanted to go on strike, AWU offered strike fund, they were all set to start tomorrow, within hours of letting management know, management backed down. To "organize big tech" we only need relatively small # of workers to be in the union to have a huge impact.

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

Does GitHub support abortion rights? Does GitHub care about its workers access to safe and necessary healthcare? Put your money where your DI&B mouth is, and guarantee that all Hubbers who need abortions will have the resources to get them.

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

The only way for tech workers to have a REAL 8 hour work day, where we're not pressured by explicit and implicit forces to stretch ourselves thin, is if we can fight for it. Not individually, asking pointed questions in town hall meetings, but with worker power. With a UNION.

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

Happy International Workers' Day, aka May Day! Did you know? May Day originated as a commemoration of the Haymarket Affair, a show trial of 8 anarchists (7 eventually executed) who were part of a rally in support of workers striking for an 8 hour work day.

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

The tech industry doesn't destroy us like working at in coal mine does, and we're fortunate for that. But it takes its own toll. It can rob us of our physical and mental health, burn us up. And when we finally are all burnt out, we're just replaced.

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

Etsy abolished location-based pay grades, Airbnb is now abolishing them too. GitHub must follow suit! Equalize pay and start giving raises to Hubbers in lower cost-of-living areas, their work is just as valuable!

[Allie K. Miller @alliekmiller]

Airbnb just announced its new remote work policy for its employees.

As someone who has lived in airbnbs the last two years, here are the lines that stood out to me the most… 🧵

https://t.co/dldrcLtltL

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

We've been informed that this doesn't necessarily work on MacOS using command line tools. Not entirely sure why that should be the case, since MacOS's tools like sha256sum tend to be consistent with other tools. Curious.

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

Some fellow Hubbers are unsure if this is a real organizing effort by people currently at GitHub. To prove that we are, we're posting a cryptographic proof that you can verify. Explanation in the following tweets

0376d629b693ec7f72a02634967708f421d97b9a0b2c3277154e3ff7031ec2b8

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

Why not just say something in the internal Slack, or confirm our identities? Because union busting exists, and people get fired all the time for organizing. Just look at the Fired Five at Google. OpSec can't win us a union, but it can help us organize more safely.

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

Some fellow Hubbers are unsure if this is a real organizing effort by people currently at GitHub. To prove that we are, we're posting a cryptographic proof that you can verify. Explanation in the following tweets

0376d629b693ec7f72a02634967708f421d97b9a0b2c3277154e3ff7031ec2b8

[git pull union @git_pull_union]

Why use this method of verification? A few reasons. Firstly, it demonstrates we have some privileged access to the internal Slack. But why hash it? Because even though it's not all that sensitive, we don't want to publicly disclose that information.