There's a resurgent labor movement in the tech industry. Tech workers-designers, engineers, writers, and many others-have learned that when they stand together, they're poised to build a better version of the tech industry. They haven't stopped there: at companies from Kickstarter to Google, workers have formed
unions
. And you should, too.
But what are unions? And why do they matter? Ethan Marcotte answers these questions through extensive research and by interviewing tech workers with real-world union-building experience. Ethan shares these workers' insights and stories, weaving them together to outline the process for forming a union of your very own. Because you-yes, you-deserve a tech union.
THIS BOOK EXPLORES:
What it means to be a "tech worker," and what it means to do tech workA brief history of worker-led activism, inside and outside the tech industryWhat unions are, why they matter, and how they functionAn overview of how to form a union in the United StatesHow to use unions to build a more sustainable future for tech work and tech workers