So … USA tech workers only?
Tech Workers Coalition 101 - Onboarding & Overview event Feb 10th
Submitted 4 days ago by chobeat@lemmy.ml to technology@beehaw.org
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vk6flab@lemmy.radio 4 days ago
brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Their website lists several international chapters
That said, their website could use a lot of work to better describe who they are, what they do, and what their goals are.
chobeat@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
The Session A time zone is good for Europeans too. Session B I guess could work for East Asia.
Why do you see this as USA-only?
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 3 days ago
Why do you see this as USA only?
Because the announcement doesn’t use UTC to announce the event and there’s absolutely no chance that anyone outside the US knows when some random timezone is, or if daylight savings is active in that timezone or not at the time of the event.
The announcement also tells me that the organisation is run out of the USA, not a place universally known for its inclusivity or global consideration. Reinforced by a text only imagine with no alt text.
I think a tech workers coalition is an interesting and potentially useful idea, but the announcement doesn’t even contain a URL to the organisation.
Which leads to my conclusion, a USA only affair.
I’d be delighted to be wrong, but that’s what the announcement conveyed to me.
FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 4 days ago
I never understand why “tech workers” are using not self hosted software to organize themself. I love the idea but the URL shortener links in the Pic and the zoom links in the description, are giving me a lot of concerns…
chobeat@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Because self-hosting adds complexity and friction, something that impact-oriented organizations might not be able to afford. TWC uses self hosting on more sensitive data anyway, just not on these tools.
FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 3 days ago
I understand the point, but still, why URL shortener?
And why not using some tools from the EU instead which with privacy concerns.
I mean I am willing to pay for such organisations and TWC could (or maybe should) unionize and then they could also pay for a service instead using all data grabbing free tools.
For me for example the hurdle was that they use telegram instead a forum for example. I dont want to give my phone number anyone.