Greater Than Code

182: Labor Organizing with Ellen Wondra

05.13.2020 - By Mandy MoorePlay

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00:41 - Ellen’s Superpower: Knowing what her pets are thinking. (Observation and Paying Attention to Non-Verbal Cues.)

Virginia Satir, Congruence and Incongruence

Lie to Me

Detecting Microexpressions

10:33 - Shareholder and Stakeholder Economies

Game Theory

Out of the Crisis

Mitbestimmung

Codetermination and Alienation

Complexity Theory

18:30 - Termination of Employment Contracts

Emergent and Deliberate Strategy

27:44 - Collective Action – Why aren’t tech workers organizing more?

Amazon Reinstates Fired Warehouse Worker After Employees Strike

The Potential Usefulness and Benefits of Unions

Project Maven

37:47 - Moving in the Direction of Stakeholder Value – What do we do next?

Anjuan Simmons – Lending Privilege

Talk to Your Coworkers: Build Connections; Network Architecture

Explore Worker Power

Manager Boards

Reflections:

John: A reminder of the value of collective action.

Rein: Tech workers are workers and workers have more in common with other workers than they do with bosses.

Aaron: The practical ways of implementing collective action in tech.

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