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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · 2d

And please join us tomorrow in support of @kickstarterunited.org: actionnetwork.org/events/kicks...

Kickstarter United NYC Strike Rally
Our union has voted to strike! We are fighting for a 32-hour work week & a livable wage for all workers. Join us!

Tues Oct 7 @12 PM
Union Square Ventures, 817 Broadway

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · 2d

Tickets are on sale for Brooklyn Web Workers on October 27th: withfriends.events/event/GGS3br...

Mon, Oct 27 - Brooklyn Web Workers - October 2025 by Brooklyn Web Workers

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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 6d

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking
A codified 4-day work week.
We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work.
Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers.
We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 19d

Kickstarter United strongly condemns the arrests of officials protesting against the deportations by the Trump administration. We stand in solidarity with everyone fighting against these brutal attacks.

WIRED @wired.com · 20d

More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions. www.wired.com/story/ice-ma...

These Are the 15 New York Officials ICE and NYPD Arrested in Manhattan

More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions.

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · 22d

And finally, our musical guest is the inimitable Corn Mo (cornmo.com)

Corn Mo - "Busey Boy" (2025-04-06 - The Hidden Jewel Box Theater, NYC)

YouTube video by CapitalQ

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · 22d

Dannel Jurado (@demarko.org) presents "What you get when you finally form a union in tech: Kickstarter United 5 years on"

Our Next Contract
In July of 2025 we began bargaining with the management at Kickstarter for our second union contract (our first was won in 2022). From the outset we have been clear with management that our top priorities for this contract are codifying the 4-day, 32-hour work week as the standard, raising the minimum salary for all members of the bargaining unit, and establishing protections against AI tools replacing workers. While we are proud of the progress we have made in some areas, management remains intransigent the issues of the 4-day work week and minimum salaries.

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · 22d

Victoria Kirst (www.vrk.dev) presents "Tales from a Creative Sabbatical" & the story of Pouch magazine

In tech we often talk of computers as if it's the evolution of paper, that paper's death to computers was simply the natural evolution of technology

...Yet paper today can solve certain problems better than anything else I've seen

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · 22d

Eli Gundry (@eligundry.dev) presents "What’s a dollar worth?: A story about knowing where your money comes from"

The day to day was always drama filled and exciting. You drive to Sandusky to replace a switch. You drive to Cleveland Heights to setup a new cafe. You learn to make patch cables, you learn more about networking and scripting. You get in arguments about how much gas money you should be reimbursed for driving to all those sites. Lots of 16 hour days cause it has to get done now now now. Typical 2 bit IT shit.

What’s a little different from a typical IT job is… the customers paying your bills are unsavory. And their customers are all poor people trying to turn a dollar into $10 knowing full well that the deck is stacked against them. Just addicted to these slot machines. But hey, you need their money so you can keep a car on the road, so it’s okay, there’s no issue here.

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · 22d

This month's lineup:
Annabelle Adelaide (annabelleadelai.de) presents "Forth: A Vision or Human/Computing Interaction"

Forth has garnered a particular interest over the decades as a programming paradigm and OS platform. It offers a view of interacting with computers which is more direct, transparent and based on solving the needs of software workers towards defined goals. It is important to remember that many forms of human/computer interaction have been proposed, and to consider why important tools like Forth have been left aside and what is worth learning from these projects.

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Tech Workers Coalition @techworkerscoalition.org · Sep 4

NEWS ALERT: Early bird tickets now available for Circuit Breakers, our annual US tech labor conference! Repost please!

🗽 New York City, Oct. 18-19th

✊ Conference will feature workers from the wider tech labor movement

🎟️ Snag your early bird tickets here: techworkerscoalition.org/circuit-breakers

Circuit Breakers
Early Bird Registration

A national conference for all workers, organizers, and activists in the tech industry to come together and learn, build communitx, strategize, and recognize our collective power. bit.ly/circuitbreakers2025

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · Sep 5

Tickets are on sale for Brooklyn Web Workers on September 29th, featuring:
Annabelle Adelaide on Forth
@eligundry.dev on knowing where your money comes from
Victoria Kirst on the wisdom of paper
@demarko.org on Kickstarter United
music by Corn Mo

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Mon, Sep 29 - Brooklyn Web Workers - September 2025 by Brooklyn Web Workers

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · Aug 26

Thanks to everyone who came out tonight! Our next event will be September 29th -- subscribe to our mailing list and you'll be the first to know when speakers are announced and tickets are on sale:

Brooklyn Web Workers

Brooklyn Web Workers is a tech industry variety show, hosted on the last Monday of the month at Easy Lover in Williamsburg.

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · Aug 25

There are a still few tickets left for tonight's show: withfriends.events/event/diHfW1...

Mon, Aug 25 - Brooklyn Web Workers - August 2025 by Brooklyn Web Workers

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · Aug 18

No recordings: some of our speakers are going to be critical of tech companies and the government, and we want to reduce the risk of workplace reprisal (or worse).

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · Aug 15

Speakers announced for Brooklyn Web Workers on August 25th:
🕯️ @jennschiffer.com on quitting tech to make candles
🃏 @jiajiechen.bsky.social on Notatio, a music card strategy game
🤖 @ohhoe.goblinmo.de on lesser-known web APIs
🛠️ @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social on tech worker organizing

Brooklyn Web Workers #1 on August 25th

Hi friends! We’ve got our first event coming up on August 25th, 7-9 PM at Easy Lover in Williamsburg. Get tickets Here's a little bit about this month's...

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · Aug 4

Tickets are now on sale for Brooklyn Web Workers #1 on August 25th
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Mon, Aug 25 - Brooklyn Web Workers - August 2025 by Brooklyn Web Workers

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Brooklyn Web Workers @brooklynwebworkers.com · Jun 30

just setting up my twtr

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