Worker power in the tech industry

Guided by our vision for an inclusive & equitable tech industry, TWC organizes to build worker power through rank & file self-organization and education.

Black Lives Matter We encourage Tech Workers to stand with the Black Lives Matter movement as they fight for justice. To that end, we've put together a list of security guides here you can use to help protect yourself and your comrades.

Who we are

We are a coalition of workers in and around the tech industry, labor organizers, community organizers, and friends.

Why we organize

We organize for activism, civic engagement and education in the Bay Area, Seattle, across the United States and around the world.

Who we support

We work in solidarity with existing movements towards social justice, workers' rights, and economic inclusion.

How we work

We’re a democratically structured, all-volunteer, and worker-led organization. At this point, membership consists of attending meetings in person and working on the various projects that people are interested in. We organize online but IRL is the crux of what we do. Check out our Community Guide for more info. Join the Slack to connect with a local in your area.

Check out a meeting

We currently have regular meetings in Austin, Bangalore, Berlin, Boston, Brasil, Chicago, DC, Italy, LA, London, NYC, PDX, San Diego, Seattle, and SF Bay Area

Contact us We’re also happy to chat, answer any questions you might have, or hear about any social justice efforts in which you need a partner. Send us an email. If you’re a member of the press, please get in touch with us through press@techworkersco.org.

Recent Collective Actions by Tech Workers

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14 August 2020 Pinterest employees staged a virtual walk out by posting messages to Slack and then logging off their work accounts, to protest the racial and gender discrimination brought to light by Ifeoma Ozoma and Aerica Shimizu Banks, and then again by Francoise Brougher. Workers also signed onto an online petition to CEO Ben Silberman calling for an end to discrimination and retaliation by the company. [1] [2] [3] [4]

13 August 2020 After workers of N26 (digital bank) announced their intent to form a Works Council (Betriebsrat), management responded by issuing a legal injunction, banning 6 of the workers from partaking in formation of electoral committee. They forgot to include the service union Ver.di, so on August 13th, Ver.di chaired a meeting for N26 Operations GmbH, and workers voted for the first electoral committee. [1] [2] [3] [4]

12 August 2020 Over 2,900 Belarusian tech workers, including top level management and investors, publicly signed onto an open letter calling the recent presidential elections a fraud. Signatories threatened to relocate their offices and investments outside of Belarus, stating that the atmosphere of fear and suppression was not conducive to a thriving technology sector. The letter denounced anti-democratic measures taken by the government, including the arrests of protesters and widespread Internet outages, and called for new elections, the release of those arrested, and freedom of press in the country. [1] [2]

9 August 2020 Several dozen Former Amazon workers held a protest outside of Jeff Bezos' New York City penthouse to call for greater protections for warehouse workers during the pandemic, along with the right to unionize and a national wealth tax on the top 3 percent of earners. The protest was organized by Christian Smalls, a former Amazon employee who was fired after organizing a walkout to protest the company's handling of coronavirus. Since then, Smalls has founded an organizedcalled the Congress of Essential Workers, dedicated to protecting workers during the pandemic. [1] [2] [3]