Berlin Tech Workers Coalition

And that’s a wrap! First day of #TechWorkersConf was a huge success! On 14 October we have a panel on collective bargaining success and 4 parallel panels on @dwenteignen, climate change, gender pay gap, and union busting/bullying! Join us! Registration is still possible!

🇮🇪 Solidarity with Meta content moderators at Covalen in Ireland as the outsourcing company plans to lay off 700 workers. “What is happening in Dublin today is also happening in every corner of the globe. Tech companies are treating the workers whose labour and data helped build AI as disposable. To fight back, it’s absolutely critical that workers organize and demand notice about the introduction of AI, training linked to employment and a plan for their futures. Workers should also have the right to refuse to train their AI replacements,” said UNI Global Union General Secretary, Christy Hoffman. “It’s time the likes of Meta and TikTok took responsibility for the workers who made their platforms possible, not discard them without a second thought – and they should think carefully about what is lost when experience and human judgement are thrown out the door.” Digital and Techworkers Alliance (DATA), which is part of UNI’s Irish affiliate, the Communications Workers’ Union, represents several hundred workers at the outsourcing company.

Really looking forward to the @techworkersco & @TechWorkersBER livestream of the #CableResist conference happening this weekend! If you haven't had a chance to grab a ticket, you can still join online starting from 3:30pm CET today: cableresist.de/livestream/

We join our fellow global union federations in calling for an immediate cease fire and a stop to escalation in Iran, the Middle East and beyond. ⬇️Full statement uniglobalunion.org/news/global-un…

If “local management” requirement can be replaced by algorithms or remote-control, does the Federal Labour Court of Germany want to abolish co-determination? The correct ruling would be based on presence of workers.

💥 Bundesarbeitsgericht sprengt Mitbestimmung bei Plattformarbeit 💥 Betriebsräte soll es nur geben, wo eine Leitungseinheit sitzt. Damit erklärte das Gericht gleich mehrere BR-Wahlen bei Lieferando für ungültig. Fatal. ngg.net/presse/pressem…

The Gig Economy Project newsletter is out! We speak to Mo from the Lieferando Workers Collective @LWC_Berlin about their strike in response to @lieferando's firing riders of riders and use of 'illegal' sub-contractors. Get GEP's newsletter in your inbox: braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-pr…

Both German parties SPD and CDU/CSU indicated they would oppose #ChatControl, which means German opposition would effectively kill any attempt in the Council of EU vote next week, but we must remain vigilant! It is not over!

EU #ChatControl threatens to implement automated scanning of all private online communications. We want a future without mass surveillance and with the right to our privacy! A backdoor for governments is a backdoor for everybody! We call on @bmjv_bund to hold the line!

🚨 New research by @AlphabetWorkers & @TECollab: The inconvenient truth behind the AI revolution is that it’s funneling immense wealth & power to the top on the backs of a shadow workforce doing exhausting, skilled work for poverty wages. uniglobalunion.org/news/hidden-u-…

BREAKING: Tomorrow, TikTok workers in Germany will launch a four-day strike. They are escalating their action in response to the social media company’s refusal to engage in collective bargaining, which it has been blocking since July this year. uni-europa.org/news/tiktok-wo…

News: 🇩🇪 Lieferando riders to strike in Berlin against 'illegal sub-contracting' 🇫🇮 Wolt to appeal against Supreme Court verdict 🇩🇪Uber: We will test robo-taxis in 2026 🇪🇸Just Eat to appeal ruling after judge attacked 'unionised Spain' 🇬🇧Will Shu to step down as Deliveroo CEO

This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah’s will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification—so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half. I entrust you with Palestine—the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls. I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. I entrust you to take care of my family. I entrust you with my beloved daughter Sham, the light of my eyes, whom I never got the chance to watch grow up as I had dreamed. I entrust you with my dear son Salah, whom I had wished to support and accompany through life until he grew strong enough to carry my burden and continue the mission. I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers brought me to where I am, whose supplications were my fortress and whose light guided my path. I pray that Allah grants her strength and rewards her on my behalf with the best of rewards. I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah (Bayan), from whom the war separated me for many long days and months. Yet she remained faithful to our bond, steadfast as the trunk of an olive tree that does not bend—patient, trusting in Allah, and carrying the responsibility in my absence with all her strength and faith. I urge you to stand by them, to be their support after Allah Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast upon my principles. I testify before Allah that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and assured that what is with Allah is better and everlasting. O Allah, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family. Forgive me if I have fallen short, and pray for me with mercy, for I kept my promise and never changed or betrayed it. Do not forget Gaza… And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance. Anas Jamal Al-Sharif 06.04.2025 This is what our beloved Anas requested to be published upon his martyrdom.

Congrats to our Raven Software union family on this monumental victory! Tech workers are organizing and winning ✊

#rp25 features 60+ sessions on AI. Few discuss the worker behind AI training. “Am I Not Human? Data workers behind our AI systems and social media platforms speak out” 🇰🇪Joan from @DataLabelers 🇩🇪 Andreas TikTok Works Council Chair 🪑moderated by Rim of @superrrnetwork

🧵THREAD: Sweden is about to criminalise digital sx work. On 20 May, Parliament will vote on a law that would make watching camming or buying erotic content a crime. Here’s why 80+ organisations and 275+ experts say: NO to Prop. 2024/25:124. eswalliance.org/rights_not_rep…

Was für eine Vielfalt an Backgrounds bei einem Gewerkschaftsevent. KollegInnen aus Honduras, Pakistan, Mazedonien. Muslimisch, jüdisch, queer. Alle mit viel Kampfgeist und Klassenbewusstsein, alle genervt von hohen Mieten, ignoranten Managern. Einfach nice, dass sie alle da sind.

One more victory! @amazonIN and other aggregators will be taxed 1 to 5 percent of each transaction for welfare of their delivery workers in Karnataka @nickrudikoff @uniglobalunion @uniapro

We gathered 120 tech workers from 25 different tech works councils together for our 3rd Tech Conference. It was a coalition effort with @TechWorkersBER and trade unions @IGMetall_Berlin and Ver.di. Tech Won’t Save Us: Organize!

Glückwunsch und maximaler Respekt an @LWC_Berlin zur gewonnenen Betriebsratswahl. Eingewanderte KollegInnen legen sich mit dem internationalen Kapital an und kämpfen für ihre Rechte - gefällt mir!