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; Date: Monday, 12 November 2018 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm {{ical|url=https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/events/253998238/ical/Tech+Wobblies.ics}}  
 
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Is automation taking over Systems Administration? Are highly skilled SysAdmin jobs (and their highly skilled SysAdmins) becoming obsolete? What is to become of the Non-Profit SysAdmin? Are we all going to become [https://www.mturk.com/ Mechanical Turks]? Or should tech workers become [[Wikipedia:Wobblies|Wobblies]]? Who are the Wobblies? Is the tech industry ready for collective action?
 
Is automation taking over Systems Administration? Are highly skilled SysAdmin jobs (and their highly skilled SysAdmins) becoming obsolete? What is to become of the Non-Profit SysAdmin? Are we all going to become [https://www.mturk.com/ Mechanical Turks]? Or should tech workers become [[Wikipedia:Wobblies|Wobblies]]? Who are the Wobblies? Is the tech industry ready for collective action?
  
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We're joined by special guest [http://www.obscuritus.ca/ Sean Howard] at our round table to discuss the state of the tech industry, the working conditions for tech workers, and what can be done about it.  
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We're joined by special guests [http://www.obscuritus.ca/ Sean Howard] and "Wobbly Sunny" at our round table to discuss the state of the tech industry, the working conditions for tech workers, and what can be done about it.  
  
 
--Marc Paré & Bob Jonkman  
 
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==== Resources ====
 
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* CBC Ideas:  [http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/platform-capitalism-digital-technology-and-the-future-of-work-1.4297369 Platform capitalism, digital technology and the future of work]
 
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* [https://techworkerscoalition.org/ Tech Workers Coalition]
 
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* [https://www.theawl.com/2017/03/its-time-to-unionize-in-silicon-valley/ It's Time To Unionize In Silicon Valley - The Awl]
 
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* [https://git.coop/kat/oggcamp2018 Kate Dawson's presentation]: [https://git.coop/kat/oggcamp2018/raw/master/slides.html Cooperative Technologists]
 
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* [https://gs.jonkman.ca/conversation/290994 !Fediverse notice] about an app called [http://www.notesfrombelow.org/article/an-introduction-to-wobbly Wobbly]
 
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* Twitter:
 
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** [https://twitter.com/_IWW @_IWW]
 
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** [https://twitter.com/techworkersco @TechWorkersCo]
 
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** [https://twitter.com/twcsandiego @TWCSanDiego]
 
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** [https://twitter.com/search?f=users&q=iww Search People: IWW]
 
  
  

Latest revision as of 11:48, 13 November 2018

Tech Wobblies

Date
Monday, 12 November 2018 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm iCal
Meetup Event
https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/events/253998238/
Location
Room 1301 -- Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo, Ontario Map
Event Announcement
Tech Wobblies/Announcement 2018-11-12

Is automation taking over Systems Administration? Are highly skilled SysAdmin jobs (and their highly skilled SysAdmins) becoming obsolete? What is to become of the Non-Profit SysAdmin? Are we all going to become Mechanical Turks? Or should tech workers become Wobblies? Who are the Wobblies? Is the tech industry ready for collective action?

We're joined by special guests Sean Howard and "Wobbly Sunny" at our round table to discuss the state of the tech industry, the working conditions for tech workers, and what can be done about it.

--Marc Paré & Bob Jonkman


Tech Wobblies/Meeting Notes 2018-11-12

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