Organizing High-Tech White Collar Workers
There have been several attempts in the last few decades at organizing white-collar workers in the tech industry. Studying this history can give us valuable lessons in how to go about organizing today.
Readings
Readings
- Collective Representation Among High-Tech Workers at Microsoft and Beyond: Lessons from WashTech/CWA (Industrial Relations, 2004)
Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
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Extra Readings
Extra Readings
- Employee Organization in Silicon Valley: Networks, Ethnic Organizations, and New Unions (Journal of Labor and Employment Law, 2002)
- Why American Engineers Aren’t Unionized: A Comparative Perspective (Theory and Society, 1993)
Collective Representation Among High-Tech Workers at Microsoft and Beyond (2004).pdfEmployee Organizations in Silicon Valley--Networks, Ethnic Organization, and New Unions (2002).pdfWhy American Engineers Aren't Unionized--A Comparative Perspective (1993).pdf