Like I don't think it makes sense to do these protests at work. I get there are cases where your employer is doing something immoral. But maybe just switch jobs if you are that upset about it?
Are you thinking of this?
Old school Polaroid employees back in the 1970s started the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers’ Movement to successfully pressure Kodak to stop their secret support for apartheid South Africa.
Labor strikes are also an old school alternative to "just switch jobs."
That's the gentler way to strike.
As members of the working class, we technically have the freedom to choose which employer we sell our labor to - but we are forced to sell our labor an employer to survive
So, in reality, it's hard
It's like saying, "But maybe just don’t get sick if you can’t afford medical treatment"
I’m sure I.G. Farben could have ginned up a press release to say “Oh that final solution stuff? We have no involvement.”
Microsoft is squarely on the wrong side of history here.
The world is watching you, Satya Nadella.
pbiggar•8mo ago
They got Satya's keynote: https://x.com/NoAz4Apartheid/status/1924512658587263410
In the last one, during a security presentation, the presenter accidentally leaked private information as a result: https://www.theverge.com/news/671373/microsoft-ai-security-c...
Aeolun•8mo ago
If only there was a very simple and obvious way to prevent that.