Emily Mazo
@emilymazo.bsky.social
PhD candidate @ Columbia Sociology. Former software engineer. Studying tech work and labor organizing in the tech industry 🔨 UAW 2710
Find @js-tan.bsky.social and I in the Ideas Letter today, on the two emerging flanks of the tech worker labor movement: the AI labs, and everyone else.
www.theideasletter.org/essay/syndic...
www.theideasletter.org/essay/syndic...
Syndicalist Valley
The tech-worker movement that emerged in the 2010s has been transformed by layoffs, higher interest rates, and the enormous investment flowing into AI, which have eroded the bargaining power of…
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September 17, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Find @js-tan.bsky.social and I in the Ideas Letter today, on the two emerging flanks of the tech worker labor movement: the AI labs, and everyone else.
www.theideasletter.org/essay/syndic...
www.theideasletter.org/essay/syndic...
Happy pub day to Against Tech Oligarchy!!! If you're in NYC, I highly recommend going to one of the tour events this week, both for the high-level discussion of the book and for the vibe/crowd of extremely cool tech worker organizers you'll find there
AGAINST TECH OLIGARCHY is in stores today!
We wrote this for anyone seeking to understand what the tech oligarchs have in store, how they move, how they oppress and extract. And most importantly, how resistance has formed within their own empires.
Join us on tour: againsttecholigarchy.com
We wrote this for anyone seeking to understand what the tech oligarchs have in store, how they move, how they oppress and extract. And most importantly, how resistance has formed within their own empires.
Join us on tour: againsttecholigarchy.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Happy pub day to Against Tech Oligarchy!!! If you're in NYC, I highly recommend going to one of the tour events this week, both for the high-level discussion of the book and for the vibe/crowd of extremely cool tech worker organizers you'll find there
If you’re in NYC, don’t miss this! greenlightbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
Against Tech Oligarchy: The Trial of Jeff Bezos
Brooklyn independent bookstore
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September 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
If you’re in NYC, don’t miss this! greenlightbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
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I'm very excited to see the launch of @yangtzeriverr.bsky.social's interactive project on mapping the data workers who power the different data labeling platforms for AI. www.ai-materiality-map.org/data-workers
See cntr.brown.edu/news/2026-08... for more on the project (and the series!)
See cntr.brown.edu/news/2026-08... for more on the project (and the series!)
dal-map
www.ai-materiality-map.org
August 20, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I'm very excited to see the launch of @yangtzeriverr.bsky.social's interactive project on mapping the data workers who power the different data labeling platforms for AI. www.ai-materiality-map.org/data-workers
See cntr.brown.edu/news/2026-08... for more on the project (and the series!)
See cntr.brown.edu/news/2026-08... for more on the project (and the series!)
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My book AGAINST TECH OLIGARCHY, out Sept 15, is available for pre-order at againsttecholigarchy.com. It chronicles the rise of tech workers' activism, how they courageously came together to challenge the industry's most powerful bosses, and how their movement changed Silicon Valley forever. 1/
August 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
My book AGAINST TECH OLIGARCHY, out Sept 15, is available for pre-order at againsttecholigarchy.com. It chronicles the rise of tech workers' activism, how they courageously came together to challenge the industry's most powerful bosses, and how their movement changed Silicon Valley forever. 1/
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I cannot say this loudly enough: we need everyone to know what is happening at Delaney Hall.
300 detainees inside are on Day 7 of a hunger and labor strike as of today.
ICE is beating, gassing, tasing and assaulting protestors outside every night, and it is getting worse.
300 detainees inside are on Day 7 of a hunger and labor strike as of today.
ICE is beating, gassing, tasing and assaulting protestors outside every night, and it is getting worse.
May 28, 2026 at 9:54 AM
I cannot say this loudly enough: we need everyone to know what is happening at Delaney Hall.
300 detainees inside are on Day 7 of a hunger and labor strike as of today.
ICE is beating, gassing, tasing and assaulting protestors outside every night, and it is getting worse.
300 detainees inside are on Day 7 of a hunger and labor strike as of today.
ICE is beating, gassing, tasing and assaulting protestors outside every night, and it is getting worse.
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My first solo-authored article is out in City & Community! I find that areas with one more residential development permit have 2.7% more low-level arrests in the following year, controlling for crime, calls for service, area demographics, and year effects.
doi.org/10.1177/1535...
doi.org/10.1177/1535...
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May 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM
My first solo-authored article is out in City & Community! I find that areas with one more residential development permit have 2.7% more low-level arrests in the following year, controlling for crime, calls for service, area demographics, and year effects.
doi.org/10.1177/1535...
doi.org/10.1177/1535...
reading Joan Greenbaum's Division of Labor in the Computer Field (1976) and seeing every pattern I'm seeing in tech companies today, but on the IBM 360 instead of claude code monthlyreviewarchives.org/index.php/mr...
Division of Labor in the Computer Field | Monthly Review
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May 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
reading Joan Greenbaum's Division of Labor in the Computer Field (1976) and seeing every pattern I'm seeing in tech companies today, but on the IBM 360 instead of claude code monthlyreviewarchives.org/index.php/mr...
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Tell NYT to do the right thing and give Rich the remote accommodation he needs: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Tell The New York Times to stop being heartless and let Rich Quan work at home
Rich Quan, an engineer at The New York Times and a member of the Tech Guild, is a certified caregiver for his 96-year-old father, who is in the end stage of Alzheimer’s Disease. He provides vitally im...
actionnetwork.org
March 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Tell NYT to do the right thing and give Rich the remote accommodation he needs: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Today, NYT celebrates their successes from the past year, but we are witnessing a major failure of leadership: @nytimes.com mgmt is denying one of our members, Rich Quan, permission to continue working remote, even as a certified caregiver for his 96-year-old father, who suffers from Alzheimer's.
March 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Today, NYT celebrates their successes from the past year, but we are witnessing a major failure of leadership: @nytimes.com mgmt is denying one of our members, Rich Quan, permission to continue working remote, even as a certified caregiver for his 96-year-old father, who suffers from Alzheimer's.
Arbitrary and capricious is a beautiful name for a girl ❤️❤️❤️
A New York judge has tossed out Columbia University's unprecedentedly harsh discipline against students accused of occupying Hamilton Hall during the 2024 Gaza protests, calling it arbitrary and capricious:
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hellgatenyc.com/columbia-exp...
Judge Rules Columbia's Expulsions of Pro-Palestine Protesters Were Illegal
The judge tossed out Columbia’s disciplinary actions against 22 students accused of occupying Hamilton Hall in 2024.
hellgatenyc.com
March 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Arbitrary and capricious is a beautiful name for a girl ❤️❤️❤️
@swcolumbia.bsky.social has just given Columbia our contract proposal on AI- our main demands are that student workers cannot be replaced by AI tools, nor can we be forced to use them in teaching or research (or retaliated against for refusing). Looking forward to their response on Friday 😇
BLEAK. Bleak. I’d been paying attention to Columbia selling out its governance to the Trump admin, not so much its stance on AI.
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2026...
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2026...
February 22, 2026 at 9:23 PM
@swcolumbia.bsky.social has just given Columbia our contract proposal on AI- our main demands are that student workers cannot be replaced by AI tools, nor can we be forced to use them in teaching or research (or retaliated against for refusing). Looking forward to their response on Friday 😇
Oh you’re gonna want to subscribe to this. Clarissa Redwine (an expert organizer who made the Kickstarter United Oral History podcast) worked with many, many Starbucks workers to tell their story here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
February 11, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Oh you’re gonna want to subscribe to this. Clarissa Redwine (an expert organizer who made the Kickstarter United Oral History podcast) worked with many, many Starbucks workers to tell their story here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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Student Workers of Columbia stand with NYSNA striking nurses!
One day longer, one day stronger 🔥
@nynurses.bsky.social
One day longer, one day stronger 🔥
@nynurses.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Student Workers of Columbia stand with NYSNA striking nurses!
One day longer, one day stronger 🔥
@nynurses.bsky.social
One day longer, one day stronger 🔥
@nynurses.bsky.social
Excellent new paper from @js-tan.bsky.social and Kathleen Thelen, on the political economy of the cloud company business model and how it feeds the AI race and techno-nationalism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Excellent new paper from @js-tan.bsky.social and Kathleen Thelen, on the political economy of the cloud company business model and how it feeds the AI race and techno-nationalism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New from @noamscheiber.bsky.social, featuring @emilymazo.bsky.social @js-tan.bsky.social @techworkerscoalition.org @alphabetworkersunion.org & many more: “tech worker activism has continued amid the crackdown, albeit more cautiously”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New from @noamscheiber.bsky.social, featuring @emilymazo.bsky.social @js-tan.bsky.social @techworkerscoalition.org @alphabetworkersunion.org & many more: “tech worker activism has continued amid the crackdown, albeit more cautiously”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
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For my dissertation, I'm looking to interview early-career tech workers about LLMs in the workplace! The interviews for this research study are confidential. If you are interested in being interviewed, or would like to know more, please fill out this form! forms.gle/xGnQthnM7wNZ...
Interview Outreach
Hi! Thank you so much for your interest in participating in my study on generative AI tools in the tech workplace. This form is intended to collect your contact information and give you a little more ...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For my dissertation, I'm looking to interview early-career tech workers about LLMs in the workplace! The interviews for this research study are confidential. If you are interested in being interviewed, or would like to know more, please fill out this form! forms.gle/xGnQthnM7wNZ...
For my dissertation, I'm looking to interview early-career tech workers about LLMs in the workplace! The interviews for this research study are confidential. If you are interested in being interviewed, or would like to know more, please fill out this form! forms.gle/xGnQthnM7wNZ...
Interview Outreach
Hi! Thank you so much for your interest in participating in my study on generative AI tools in the tech workplace. This form is intended to collect your contact information and give you a little more ...
forms.gle
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For my dissertation, I'm looking to interview early-career tech workers about LLMs in the workplace! The interviews for this research study are confidential. If you are interested in being interviewed, or would like to know more, please fill out this form! forms.gle/xGnQthnM7wNZ...
Baby’s first published academic article! @js-tan.bsky.social and @nataliyan.bsky.social and I analyzed the @techactions.bsky.social archive and find that tech worker labor organizing stands on the shoulders of prior struggle- conflict begets class conflict journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Baby’s first published academic article! @js-tan.bsky.social and @nataliyan.bsky.social and I analyzed the @techactions.bsky.social archive and find that tech worker labor organizing stands on the shoulders of prior struggle- conflict begets class conflict journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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We've just published the first response to our call for new organizing tactics in the tech sector, by an anonymous software engineer: The Case for Sabotage collectiveactionintech.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
The case for sabotage
Creative tactics for a tech worker strike
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July 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We've just published the first response to our call for new organizing tactics in the tech sector, by an anonymous software engineer: The Case for Sabotage collectiveactionintech.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
my 2nd week at a big tech company, I ran a table scan on a prod db by accident and took the site down for two minutes. but we didn’t lose any data because no one had write perms on prod! because that is insane! expertise is developed over many years to proactively prevent problems like this
July 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
my 2nd week at a big tech company, I ran a table scan on a prod db by accident and took the site down for two minutes. but we didn’t lose any data because no one had write perms on prod! because that is insane! expertise is developed over many years to proactively prevent problems like this
We are launching a new series at Collective Action in Tech (on our new substack!) on new/creative tactics for organizing and taking collective action in the tech industry. We would love to publish your ideas and experiences! Please submit!
The tech worker movement is in crisis and we want to hear from YOU!
We’re launching a new series to highlight the problems that workers are facing in this new political environment. Submissions are open until July 30th, 2025. Please send your responses to [email protected]
We’re launching a new series to highlight the problems that workers are facing in this new political environment. Submissions are open until July 30th, 2025. Please send your responses to [email protected]
Time For A New Playbook?
A call for new strategies to rebuild the tech worker movement.
collectiveactionintech.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We are launching a new series at Collective Action in Tech (on our new substack!) on new/creative tactics for organizing and taking collective action in the tech industry. We would love to publish your ideas and experiences! Please submit!