MIT co-authored book charts eight years of tech worker organizing and backlash
nordicinst · x · 2026-10-03
MIT PhD student JS Tan has co-authored 'Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World's Most Powerful Industry' (Haymarket Books, Sept 2026), documenting the rise and fall of the tech worker labor movement.
Writing as participant and researcher, Tan and co-author Redwine chart eight years of organizing across EU and Nordic startups and Europe's AI labs — covering ethics battles, employer backlash, and lessons for equitable tech governance.
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