<p>Hi, it’s me, the one with a new book coming out. It’s called <a href="https://abookapart.com/products/you-deserve-a-tech-union"><cite>You Deserve a Tech Union</cite></a>, and it’s gonna be here in less than a week.</p> <p>Given that it’s gonna be here in <em>less than a week</em> <sup class="footnote-ref"><a class="footnote" href="#fn-paperbag" id="fnref-fn-paperbag" aria-labelledby="title-footnotes">1</a></sup>, I thought I’d give you a little peek at what’s inside the book. Namely, here’s a rundown of the table of contents: I’ve included the title for each chapter, and added a little line to describe what each chapter covers.</p> <p>Let’s go!</p> <ol class="list-toc"> <li class="toc-none"><strong>Introduction.</strong> A bit about <cite>You Deserve a Tech Union</cite><span class="w"> —</span> what it covers, and what it <em>doesn’t</em><span class="w"> —</span> and why I’m writing it.</li> <li><strong>Just Work.</strong> Let’s talk about power, and about what it means to be a tech worker.</li> <li><strong>In Our Strength, Safety.</strong> What collective action looks like in tech, and why it matters.</li> <li><strong>What Is a Union?</strong> What it says on the tin: a definition of unions, how they function, and what they do.</li> <li><strong>Every Tech Worker Deserves a Union.</strong> A high-level overview of the process for forming a union in the United States.</li> <li><strong>Tech Solidarity, Forever.</strong> Some thoughts to wrap things up: on automation and “AI”; on building power for <em>all</em> tech workers; and on where we could go from here.</li> <li class="toc-none"><strong>Acknowledgments.</strong></li> <li class="toc-none"><strong>Resources.</strong></li> </ol> <p>That’s it! At about 170 pages, the book provides a short, focused look at why tech workers need to build power collectively<span class="w"> —</span> and shows how they can start doing just that.</p> <p>Now, a list of chapter titles is fine. But, hey: maybe you’d like something more. Maybe you’d rather, say, look over an excerpt of the book? For, like, <em>free?</em></p> <p>Well! As it happens, A Book Apart’s just released part of the fifth and final chapter, and made it freely available. Simply visit <a href="https://abookapart.com/products/you-deserve-a-tech-union">the book’s product page</a>, fill out the form, and you’ll get a free PDF excerpt of “Tech Solidarity, Forever” emailed to you. I hope you like it<span class="w"> —</span> and if you do, that you’ll consider <a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/street-team/">supporting the book</a> in whatever way feels right to you.</p> <p>Woof. <em>August 15.</em> It’s coming up real soon, isn’t it?</p> <hr /> <div class="footnotes flow"> <h2 class="hed-footnotes has-dash" id="title-footnotes">Footnote</h2> <ol><li id="fn-paperbag" class="footnote-item"><p>i’m totally calm and not at all anxious it’s fine i’m fine <a href="#fnref-fn-paperbag" class="reversefootnote">↩︎</a></p> </li> </ol> </div>
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