90+ organized tech workers wrote a letter to President Biden this week demanding he pushes Big Tech and Kenyan President Ruto to improve working conditions for tech workers – including the ones behind the AI everyone is so excited about.

foxglove.org.uk/open-letter-to…

“US Big Tech companies systemically abuse and exploit African workers. In Kenya, these US companies are undermining local labor laws, the country’s justice system and violating int'l labor standards. Our working conditions amount to modern-day slavery.”

washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

NEW: 'This story contains quite a lot of inspirational and thought-provoking material that working-class activists will find beneficial,' Gordon Simmons writes in this review of 'Insurgent Labor: The Vermont AFL-CIO, 2017-2023' by David Van Deusen: labornotes.org/blogs/2024/05/…

Slack is using your data to train its AI tools. Are you okay with this, or would you rather opt out?
techcrunch.com/2024/05/17/sla…

Venezuelans who have struggled against age discrimination and hyperinflation have found a lifeline in online gig work
restofworld.org/2024/venezuela…

The Graying Gig Workers

Rest of World spoke to 50 older workers around the world who see gig work as a lifeline — or a last resort.

restofworld.org/2024/aging-glo…

Another great article giving voice to the invisible data worker. Featuring Turkopticon's own Krystal Kauffman (@krystalkauffman.bsky.social) alongside others in the gig economy. Thank you, ABC News for continuing to keep the spotlight on our fight for fair treatment. #EthicalAI abcnews.go.com/Business/overl…

This is a reminder that the Turkopticon Open Forum is set to begin today in 1 hr.

All data workers from different platforms are welcome.

A Spanish-speaking team member will be present to hear your concerns & ideas if preferred.
Register: turkopticon.net/open-forum

Turkopticon now supports ALL data workers across different platforms!📢

Now, we will work to improve conditions for all data workers worldwide.

Join our Open Forum on May 16th (1-3 pm EST) to discuss industry concerns & build a better future.

Register turkopticon.net/open-forum📝

All workers should be able to take time off without having to code a script or race to their computers to snag it.

Amazon workers, who often need time off to rest or treat injury from the brutal pace of work at Amazon's warehouses, are no different.

BREAKING: For the first time in Canadian history, workers have formed a union at an Amazon warehouse. The Laval Amazon Workers Union was certified Friday. Workers will be represented by Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN). sesyndiquer.org/mawu/union-off…

#solidarity with these Amazon workers demanding fair pay during record breaking cost of living increases along side record breaking corporate greed and profit. megaphone.org.uk/petitions/supp…

Every day, we are trying to improve workers' rights. Happy #Internationalworkersday

Let's keep this ball rolling and improve conditions for platform workers everywhere!

Watch the recordings of the livestreamed #LaborNotes2024 sessions (or bookmark for later):

Turkopticon is ready for #LaborNotes2024 !!!

For context about #Remotasks

On the heels of our own fight with suspended accounts, Turkopticon would like to stand in #solidarity with #Remotasks workers.

Workers should have the right to know the reasons behind these actions.