<p>People of Boston! Hello!</p> <p>Do you work in tech? Are you curious about unions?</p> <p>If you said “yes” to either of those questions, <em>well:</em> let’s have a good old-fashioned meetup about it!</p> <p><span class="w"> —</span> okay, wait, sorry. I know that all <a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/boston-deserves-a-tech-union-meetup/">sounds a little familiar</a>. Didn’t we <em>just</em> do this?</p> <p>Well, you’re right. We did! Last Tuesday, roughly twenty tech workers met up in a Somerville bar to talk about collective power, organizing, and what it means to form a union.</p> <p>What’s more, it was <em>really goddamned great</em>. Rand and I said a few words, and then the attendees had a host of good questions: we chatted about different kinds of bargaining, some things I learned while working on the book, and some tips for getting started on your organizing journey. It was, in short, a marvelous time.</p> <p>But we’re not done yet. In fact, my cohost (and veteran labor organizer) <a href="https://rand-wilson.medium.com/rand-wilson-bio-6bfca2d9eee0">Rand Wilson</a> and I want to keep this conversation going<span class="w"> —</span> and we’re going to have another meetup to do just that.</p> <p>So!</p> <p>On <strong>Monday 18 December at 7pm</strong>, come to <a href="https://www.aeronautbrewing.com/">Aeronaut Brewing</a> in Somerville for an evening of discussion and networking. I’ll be talking a bit about <a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-deserve-a-tech-union/"><cite>You Deserve a Tech Union</cite></a>, but just a bit. For most of the evening, we’ll be chatting <em>together</em> about unions, the path to forming your own, and the challenges (and possibilities) of organizing in the tech industry.</p> <p>If you couldn’t make it last week, we’d love for you to join us. And if you <em>did</em> join us last week? Well, we hope you can join us again, to help us keep the momentum going.</p> <p>Sound like fun? We’d love to have you! If you can join us, please <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ydatu-aero">RSVP on the Google Form</a>! (And if you happen know anyone in or near Boston who’d be interested, please share this post with them!)</p>
<hr /> <p>This has been “<a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/boston-still-deserves-a-tech-union-meetup/">Boston meetup, redux: “You deserve a tech union!”</a>” a post from <a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/">Ethan’s journal.</a></p> <p><a href="mailto:listener+rss@ethanmarcotte.com?subject=Reply%20to:%20“Boston meetup, redux: “You deserve a tech union!””">Reply via email</a></p>