United Tech & Allied Workers (UTAW-CWU)
@UTAW_uk
United Tech & Allied Workers, organising across UK & NI | The first union for tech workers, by tech workers | National branch of @cwunews | 📧 [email protected]
Want to advocate for Palestine at work? We’ve put together a guide on what you can do👇 palestine.utaw.tech/advocate/
“If you’re ripping off the state and off taxpayers, we’ll take money directly out of your bank account” Chancellor @RachelReevesMP defends a clampdown on benefits fraud to stop billions of pounds of waste #TrevorPhillips 📺Sky 501
“If you’re ripping off the state and off taxpayers, we’ll take money directly out of your bank account” Chancellor @RachelReevesMP defends a clampdown on benefits fraud to stop billions of pounds of waste #TrevorPhillips 📺Sky 501
Meta rowing back on the basics of keeping a platform safe is both (a) bad thing and (b) a sign they've utterly lost touch with the concept of being credible and trustworthy. @accountabletech 's statement is excellent. accountabletech.org/statements/acc…
If you missed CWU Live on Thursday - we took it over again for a 'Tech Sector Special' - watch it here! youtube.com/watch?v=4_2Qd1…
It wouldn't be a CWU Live @UTAW_uk takeover if John Chadfield didn't bring up @elonmusk and the fact that Tesla sales have tanked gave him the perfect opportunity.
We were joined on CWU Live by @UTAW_uk to talk the Make It Fair campaign. Tech giants use creative work to train AI without permission or payment. @UKLabour wants this theft forcing creators to police their own work. A fair deal is crucial to protect creativity & our economy.…
You bolt awake in a dimly lit server room. You are not online. It is October 29, 1969. You are Leonard Kleinrock, and you have changed your mind. Computers must never be networked.
Let’s start with just two examples: Mussolini and Hitler. In December 1922, Mussolini launched a major restructuring and privatization spree, aiming to reduce the size and reach of government institutions. He began to roll back government institutions from Italy’s rural…
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THIS!! Join a union ✊🏾 I’m a rep with @UTAW_uk for any tech folks in the UK looking for one 🫶🏾
People need to get this into their skulls. Train drivers are not overpaid, their unions have simply kept their wage in line with inflation over the decades. YOU are unperpaid! #JoinAUnion
New Vacancy - Branch Caseworker Our tech branch @UTAW_uk is seeking a Branch Caseworker to advise and represent members in grievances, disciplinaries and in other employment issues. Find out more and apply 👇 cwu.org/work-for-us/
Strongly welcome the decision of the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is far beyond time they answered for the genocide they’ve inflicted. icc-cpi.int/news/situation…
Workers are taking action against their employers’ complicity. @ProgIntl's Watermelon Index — with @Workers4Pal, @UTAW_uk @palyouthmvmt and more — will connect and support existing worker-led campaigns and foster new ones. Read more via @MiddleEastEye: bit.ly/3YUkDkE
Inside TikTok's mass sacking, where one employee said: "It's like negotiating with robots." @PollySmythe reports, with @UTAW_uk @CWUnews. novaramedia.com/2024/11/12/ins…
TikTok needs more content moderators, not fewer.
The Chinese tech giant is giving over 100 UK moderators the sack, begging the question: can it stop the spread of dangerous content with AI? @PollySmythe reports. novaramedia.com/2024/11/12/ins…
Tech workers doing it to 'em in NY. Solidarity from across the pond.
It’s Day Two of the biggest tech worker strike in American history — and we’re only getting louder! #UnionPower
📢Join us for the panel, “Resisting Big Tech’s Complicity in Genocide”, discussing tech companies’ role in the genocide of Palestinians and tech workers’ resistance to surveillance. @CRASSHlive Nov 7th, 5-7pm Online & SG1 Alison Richard Building eventbrite.co.uk/e/resisting-bi…