Labor + Tech | Currently @techequity.bsky.social | Formerly Coworker(.)org, Coworker Solidarity Fund, Change(.)org, International Labor Rights Forum
Tim Newman
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"Companies use software to manage workers closely, then contracts to deny responsibility for them. The result is familiar cost-shifting in a new tech form: workers absorb the risks while companies maintain control." inequality.org/article/ai-r...
"The issue is not just that technology may someday replace workers. It is that companies are already using it to control them while shirking the responsibilities that normally come with that kind of control" inequality.org/article/ai-r...
"Most discussion of AI & work is about the future: which jobs may disappear, skills may lose value, or workers may be replaced. But for millions of gig workers, who work for online platforms, this future is already here." @lenasimet.bsky.social & @abacci.bsky.social
inequality.org/article/ai-r...
The latest FDE partnership:
"With thousands of Google Cloud-certified IBM consultants and forward-deployed engineers, the practice will help enterprises deploy AI solutions, modernize legacy environments, and manage technology across complex hybrid landscapes" newsroom.ibm.com/2026-06-04-i...
"If workers cannot understand or challenge the systems that govern their work, software will become an efficient way to exercise control without accountability." inequality.org/article/ai-r...
You may think this company’s mission sounds unhinged (it does) but it has a lot in common with the philosophies of a shocking number of Silicon Valley founders.
We could simply choose not to impoverish communities to send tax dollars to these kinds of companies. foundation.bot/master-plan
Tim Newman
Tim Newman
Tim Newman
Tim Newman
Tim Newman
Tim Newman
At the International Labour Organization, governments must find a way to codify protections for gig workers — and regulate their AI bosses.
IBM and Google Cloud announced the launch of a new Google Cloud Practice, designed to help organizations more quickly scale AI into production and modernize core systems.
