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182: Labor Organizing with Ellen Wondra
00:41 - Ellen’s Superpower: Knowing what her pets are thinking. (Observation and Paying Attention to Non-Verbal Cues.)
- Virginia Satir, Congruence and Incongruence
- Lie to Me
- Detecting Microexpressions
10:33 - Shareholder and Stakeholder Economies
- Game Theory
- Out of the Crisis
- Mitbestimmung
- Codetermination and Alienation
- Complexity Theory
18:30 - Termination of Employment Contracts
- Emergent and Deliberate Strategy
27:44 - Collective Action – Why aren’t tech workers organizing more?
- Amazon Reinstates Fired Warehouse Worker After Employees Strike
- The Potential Usefulness and Benefits of Unions
- Project Maven
37:47 - Moving in the Direction of Stakeholder Value – What do we do next?
- Anjuan Simmons – Lending Privilege
- Talk to Your Coworkers: Build Connections; Network Architecture
- Explore Worker Power
- Manager Boards
Reflections:
John: A reminder of the value of collective action.
Rein: Tech workers are workers and workers have more in common with other workers than they do with bosses.
Aaron: The practical ways of implementing collective action in tech.
Episode 80: Crafting a Community with Kris Howard
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Special Guest: Ellen Wondra.