Thanks, everyone who spread the word about Hack the Union in the end of last year—we picked up many new subscribers & followers. And if you forgot to do this in December—there’s still time!
What’s Going on in the Workforce
Here’s a new (to me, at least) effort to create anonymized, workplace-topic conversations inside tech companies.
“…decades of subsidizing coal profits over investment in human capital and technology has led to a dearth of opportunities for young central Appalachians.” On how coal has messed up West Virginia’s economy, not just its environment, through reverse wealth distribution.
Geeking Out
Check out Campaign Zero’s 2017 Police Violence Report, with data on every US police shooting in 2017. Amazing use of data to tell a story.
Organizing Theory
It’s not every day (or every week. or every month.) that I’ll post something written by a Congressional Republican—but I’ll give Rep. Crawford credit for this post, where he argues that we need a better way for Americans to give their elected representatives feedback than using Facebook & Twitter.
From Partners
The National Women’s Law Center has a good, downloadable toolkit for fighting sexual harassment in the workplace.
Sharing, Solidarity & Sustainability
UberEats is a bigger business than Uber, in some European cities.
Thanks to reader Brad Rothrock, for sending me this piece, about competing narratives about the gig economy.
Events
Social Movement Technologies just posted a slew of free online talks for 2018. Sign up for them here.
A new year and a new bloggg. Good luck. Glad to share your thoughts and proposals with those who share mine.