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Mainstream Tech Worker Rights: Make updates based on Macoy's meeting

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conference="seattle-2022"
date="2022-11-16T12:00:00-08:00"
description="Big Tech sees you as an overpaid plumber"
description="Does Big Tech see you as an overpaid plumber?"
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Handmade Cities isn’t the place to stage political revolution. However, by 2030, we will already be the best place in tech for open discussions on labor rights and the balance between labor and capital. (Don't underestimate the power of public forums.)
Let's recall programmers ARE part of the labor class and that fighting for worker rights is as American as apple pie: remember how we pulled off 40-hour work weeks or outlawed child labor? The tech industry needs to reckon with this reality.
Discussing worker rights is as American as apple pie: remember how we pulled off 40-hour work weeks or outlawed child labor? The tech industry needs to reckon with this reality.
The more skilled a programmer you are the more you must care about this topic—it directly impacts your economic future. That said, we welcome thoughtful disagreements as much as support. These debates must occur without resorting to thought-stopping clichés like calling one side “robber barons” or the other “communists.”
The more skilled a programmer you are the more you must care about this topic—it directly impacts your economic future. We welcome thoughtful disagreements as much as support. These debates must occur without resorting to thought-stopping clichés like calling one side “robber barons” or the other “communists.”
If we can agree the status quo needs to change, you’re in good company.
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This subject matter is part of the 20% of our [80-20](/operation2030/structure/80-20) content split, so it’s trivial for community members to skip if they’re not interested. Advisory board members, meetup hosts and paid staff are also not strictly required to promote this subject themselves if it conflicts with their own views.
This all is in accordance with our philosophy [Zero Favoritism](/operation2030/philosophy/zero-favorites).
We're also open to creating debate panels after particularly-controversial talks. This all is in accordance with our philosophy [Zero Favoritism](/operation2030/philosophy/zero-favorites).
**References**
- Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech