587: Why Ethan Marcotte Thinks Tech Workers Deserve a Union

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Technology

4.8 • 625 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Show DescriptionEthan Marcotte is here to talk about his new book, You Deserve a Tech Union, and discusses topics such as why we need unions in tech, who gets to be in the union, how unions can help deal with the AI question, union busting, and some arguments against unions. Listen on Website →GuestsEthan MarcotteGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialDesigner, writer, and speaker. Started that “responsive web design” thing. Links Ethan Marcotte on LinkedIn Ethan Marcotte on Mastodon Welcome to Ethan Marcotte’s website — Ethan Marcotte Responsive Web Design, A Book Apart You Deserve a Tech Union, A Book Apart Google Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strike CEO Patrick Collison's email to Stripe employees Twitter lays off another 10% of staff, New York Times reports | CNN Business Kickstarter United When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee? - Freakonomics Basecamp Blowup: Banning Politics At Work Prompts Over A Dozen Employees To Quit : NPR Bandcamp United - Home Glitch workers sign tech’s first collective bargaining agreement - The Verge Waiting for "Superman" Resilient Management | A book for new managers in tech Sponsors

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0:00.0	Hey there's Shepamon.
0:03.0	Hey there, Shepamaniacs, you're listening to another episode of the Shop Talk show.
0:26.4	I'm Dave Top Hat and Monicle Rupert.
0:28.9	And with me is Chris, a pair of overalls, and a really nice red bandana choir.
0:33.1	Hey, Chris, how are you doing?
0:35.2	Good.
0:35.8	I've been working in the mines, you know, just trying to get mine.
0:40.4	Oh, that sounds wonderful. I've been drinking absent in my tower, my colossal mansion. Yes,
0:47.7	it's been wonderful. That's too bad. I'm actually wondering if you could install bathrooms down in the mine somewhere.
0:54.8	No, no, I have 17 up here. How could I pause for another one?
1:01.5	Yeah.
1:02.4	Yeah. Not funny.
1:05.7	Yep.
1:06.6	Hey, Chris, what's going on today?
1:08.9	Well, we have a guest, and the topic of the day is going to be talking about unions,
1:15.1	tech unions, and specific where we can, and we have a perfect person to talk with us about that.
1:20.7	Ethan, Marcotte, friend of the show.
1:22.8	How you doing, Ethan?
1:23.8	Chris, I'm good.
1:24.7	I'm good.
1:25.2	Good to see you.
1:26.4	Good to be here.
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