Post #2876759
2023-01-04 17:00 UTC
@jdp23@indieweb.social @Mer__edith@mastodon.world and here's a coalition of orgs against the earn it act, one of the kinds of laws Meredith hints at, we coordinated here at Twc San Diego: https://medium.com/tech-workers-coalition/against-the-earn-it-act-96b3f4d91284
It is hard work to keep this together and it's not clear to me that any of the words of paid staff were stepping into the work of keeping a coalition going. We did it as volunteers. Given the persistence of the policy threat, it would be nice if somebody was funding could help coordinate.
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@jdp23@indieweb.social 2023-01-04 18:50
@gleemie@mastodon.sdf.org @Mer__edith@mastodon.world Agreed. The lack of funding is a huge problem -- it makes sustained organizing very challenging and leads to burnout. Here in WA, ACLU of WA has one funded organizer who splits time between tech issues and others, and a policy manager who has an incredible amount on their plate ... and that's it for funded positions in the entire state, as far as I can tell. Meanwhile the WA Tech Industry Association just added more new lobbyist positions, as well as MS, Amazon, etc etc etc