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Paige Panter

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 Oakland, CA
Joined August 2009
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Kick your week off with #GooglePayoutsForAll! What would YOU do with the $135 million Google used to reward sexual harassers? Fixing the wage (AND LEVEL) gap for women of color would be a great start 🌈
Google Walkout For Real Change (@GoogleWalkout) profile pictureGoogle Walkout For Real Change@GoogleWalkout12 Mar 2019
We're now aware of TWO multi-million dollar Google payouts to sexual harassers. The known total? $135M. Tomorrow, use the hashtag #GooglePayoutsForAll to join us in highlighting other ways that money could have been used. #GoogleWalkout nytimes.com/2019/03/11/techn…
Google Approved $45 Million Exit Package for Executive Accused of Misconduct (Published 2019)

Google Approved $45 Million Exit Package for Executive Accused of Misconduct (Published 2019)

The payment to Amit Singhal, who ran Google’s search division and was accused of groping an employee, was revealed on Monday in a shareholder lawsuit.

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$135M could have subsidized construction of affordable homes protecting 1,100 low income families in San Jose from coming rent hikes of Google’s planned mega-campus. Instead they paid off abusers. #GooglePayoutsForAll
Google Walkout For Real Change (@GoogleWalkout) profile pictureGoogle Walkout For Real Change@GoogleWalkout12 Mar 2019
$135M could house the entire homeless population of San Francisco for nine months. Instead, Google used it to pay off two executives who sexually assaulted and harassed their colleagues. #GooglePayoutsForAll
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$135M could house the entire homeless population of San Francisco for nine months. Instead, Google used it to pay off two executives who sexually assaulted and harassed their colleagues. #GooglePayoutsForAll
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This fight is happening in the same landscape where teacher strike waves have been rolling across the nation for the past year, from West Virginia to California. Incidentally, the West Virginia teacher strike was illegal under state law. theatlantic.com/education/ar…

America’s Teachers Are Furious

From West Virginia to Los Angeles, educators are ushering in a new era of labor activism.

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Cafeteria workers at Google and other tech companies, paid much less than software engineers, many of who organized with their coworkers for legal union protection, are also being pushed into forced arbitration. Now, let's take an even broader view. mercurynews.com/2019/01/24/g…

Google, other tech cafeteria workers asked to sign mandatory arbitration agreements

Bon Appetit, which provides food services to Google and other tech companies, distributes agreements to its workers amid Googlers’ call to end forced arbitration.

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We wanted to take some time to dive deeper into this. A lot of people are really agitated around Google's actions, as we all should be, but this is also a good opportunity to take a look at some of the broader context.
Tech Workers Coalition (@techworkersco) profile pictureTech Workers Coalition@techworkersco24 Jan 2019
"...the rule [that Google argues should be overruled] forbids employers from retaliating against employees who use company email systems to organize walkouts, circulate petitions, or form a union." 🤔🤔🤔 theverge.com/2019/1/24/18195…
Google’s legal stance could threaten walkout organizers, activists say

Google’s legal stance could threaten walkout organizers, activists say

Labor groups say Google is ‘weaponizing harassment’ with legal push

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Gig economy companies like Instacart automate skimming tips from workers they call contractors. If you use these services, tip in cash; if you're a programmer employed by these companies, organize so you don't help the boss steal from your fellow workers. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The workers behind the petition said that under the new system, generous tips promised from customers when they place an order on the app trigger lower pay from the company itself. If customers instead promise just 22 cents as a tip when they make an order, and then either adjust the reward higher after delivery or tip in cash, the workers say customers can “keep Instacart from stealing our tips.”

ALT The workers behind the petition said that under the new system, generous tips promised from customers when they place an order on the app trigger lower pay from the company itself. If customers instead promise just 22 cents as a tip when they make an order, and then either adjust the reward higher after delivery or tip in cash, the workers say customers can “keep Instacart from stealing our tips.”

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"You start with a single issue, and my issue was working conditions. You start with a single issue and people start to say, “Oh, it’s not me. It’s not my fault. I didn’t do that. It’s happening to other people.” And then it can go anyplace." logicmag.io/06-mainframe-int…
Mainframe, Interrupted: Joan Greenbaum on the Early Days of Tech Worker Organizing

Mainframe, Interrupted: Joan Greenbaum on the Early Days of Tech Worker Organizing

A conversation about organizing tech workers before it was cool.

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NOT A WOLF@SICKOFWOLVES5 Dec 2018
I WILL LET MY BOSS SLOWLY FEED ME THROUGH A WOOD CHIPPER IF IT MEANS I GET TO PRETEND I'M NOT ONE OF THE POOR PEOPLE FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES
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NOT A WOLF@SICKOFWOLVES18 Dec 2018
HABITS OF HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE -GET UP AT 4 AM -DRINK TEA -LIE -JUST TWEET LIES NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU DO -WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TOPSOIL WHO CARES MAN -EAT A HEALTHY BREAKFAST
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NOT A WOLF@SICKOFWOLVES19 Dec 2018
IN DEFENSE OF BIG TECH, MAKING ME SIGN AWAY MY PRIVACY IN EXCHANGE FOR FEELING BAD ALL THE TIME IS A PRETTY GREAT PRANK
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Here's the thing. Inside everything is weaponized against you. Including food. Atlantic goes longform on what every prisoner in every jurisdiction already knows. theatlantic.com/health/archi…
Prison Food Is Making U.S. Inmates Disproportionately Sick

Prison Food Is Making U.S. Inmates Disproportionately Sick

Lapses in food safety have made American prisoners six times more likely to get a foodborne illness than the general population.

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So often these "contractors" are really full-time employees that employers are purposefully miscategorizing as contractors to avoid paying benefits, divide the workforce, and save a quick buck. Oh and by "save a quick buck" we mean conduct wage theft.
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"After 20 Facebook subcontractors demanded better working conditions, they’re being told to accept a counter-offer from their company by Friday afternoon – or lose their jobs." This is a story of inspiring solidarity against heartless management abuse. theguardian.com/technology/2…
Facebook contractors faced Christmas ultimatum: accept wage offer or lose jobs

Facebook contractors faced Christmas ultimatum: accept wage offer or lose jobs

Dispute between subcontracting firm and workers demanding better conditions has prompted protest inside Facebook

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Michael
@RoboticMike18 Dec 2018
The holiday season is rough for us TVCs: could be two plus weeks without full pay – at Manhattan, NY
Google Walkout For Real Change (@GoogleWalkout) profile pictureGoogle Walkout For Real Change@GoogleWalkout18 Dec 2018
#ContractWorkerStories Recently, my manager forgot to renew my contract. Just forgot. We spoke about it multiple times, and I'm still processing how this could ever happen. Now, I've lost a full week's wages, right after coming back from 2 weeks off that was planned a year...
As part of #ContractWorkerStories, an image describing the experience of a TVC a Google. The full text of the image is in the tweet thread.

ALT As part of #ContractWorkerStories, an image describing the experience of a TVC a Google. The full text of the image is in the tweet thread.

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Follow #ContractWorkerStories. We full-time tech workers need to face what is happening within our own offices. The #GoogleWalkout isn't over until ALL demands are met for ALL workers - see you in 2019 🔥
Google Walkout For Real Change (@GoogleWalkout) profile pictureGoogle Walkout For Real Change@GoogleWalkout18 Dec 2018
#ContractWorkerStories Recently, my manager forgot to renew my contract. Just forgot. We spoke about it multiple times, and I'm still processing how this could ever happen. Now, I've lost a full week's wages, right after coming back from 2 weeks off that was planned a year...
As part of #ContractWorkerStories, an image describing the experience of a TVC a Google. The full text of the image is in the tweet thread.

ALT As part of #ContractWorkerStories, an image describing the experience of a TVC a Google. The full text of the image is in the tweet thread.

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When we organize, we know not to rely on the current high status of a small subset of programmers. We also know they'll try dividing workers by nation, exploiting workers more in some countries while stoking xenophobia in others. This knowledge is power. forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi…
Tryba argues that the current cloud wage for a C++ programmer is $15 an hour, what Amazon pays its warehouse workers. Crossover, which is actually the recruiting wing of ESW, has amassed an army of 5,000 workers in 131 countries from Ukraine to Pakistan to Egypt. In the past 12 years, ESW has quietly acquired some 75 software companies, mostly in the U.S., and it exports as many as 150 high-tech jobs every week.

ALT Tryba argues that the current cloud wage for a C++ programmer is $15 an hour, what Amazon pays its warehouse workers. Crossover, which is actually the recruiting wing of ESW, has amassed an army of 5,000 workers in 131 countries from Ukraine to Pakistan to Egypt. In the past 12 years, ESW has quietly acquired some 75 software companies, mostly in the U.S., and it exports as many as 150 high-tech jobs every week.

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The #GoogleWalkout continues! 150 people and 1 dog walked out of Google Munich this morning.
JohannesBrandstetter (@jobrandstetter) profile pictureJohannesBrandstetter@jobrandstetter5 Nov 2018
Like Simon and Garfunkel once said: silence like a cancer grows... So speak up #GoogleWalkout #Munich
Image from JohannesBrandstetter (@jobrandstetter)
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As a Black woman at Google, I know that we can not move forward by leaving our most vulnerable behind. #GoogleWalkout
Google Walkout For Real Change (@GoogleWalkout) profile pictureGoogle Walkout For Real Change@GoogleWalkout8 Nov 2018
#GoogleWalkout update: Collective action works, but we need to keep working. True equity depends on it. bit.ly/googlewalkoutupdate
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