{"id":387,"date":"2020-08-16T17:57:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T17:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectiveaction.tech\/?page_id=387"},"modified":"2024-04-10T00:04:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T00:04:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/collectiveaction.tech\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"387\" class=\"elementor elementor-387\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c0ac35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c0ac35\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffcd297\" data-id=\"ffcd297\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ffb744 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ffb744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5747bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5747bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The tech industry is rife with unfair treatment of workers of all stripes and the development of products harmful to our communities. The most effective path to address these issues is for workers to leverage their collective strength to push companies in the right direction. Collective Action in Tech started as a project to document those collective actions and has evolved into a platform for workers to tell their stories, share resources, and theorize the tech workers movement together.\u00a0Through experimentation and open-ended dialogue, we want to create a space for us to reflect on the tech worker movement\u2019s past, and invent its future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34e428b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34e428b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Collective Action in Tech is volunteer-run 501c3 organization maintained by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bentarnoff.com\/\">Ben Tarnoff<\/a>, a tech worker, writer, and cofounder of Logic Magazine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClarissaRedwine\">Clarissa Redwine<\/a>, former Kickstarter union organizer<\/li>\n<li>Emily Mazo, a tech worker, writer, and organizer<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">Hesham Hassan, a tech worker and organizer<\/span><br><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/organizejs\">JS Tan<\/a>, former tech worker and union organizer<\/li>\n<li>Kristen S., a tech worker and writer<\/li>\n<li>Nataliya Nedzhvetskaya, a sociologist who researches tech and labor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0460dcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0460dcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We want to hear your story, so don\u2019t hesitate to reach out to us at: hello [at] collectiveaction [dot] tech.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us The tech industry is rife with unfair treatment of workers of all stripes and the development of products harmful to our communities. 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