MIT PhD Student Co-Authors Book Chronicling the Rise and Fall of the Tech Worker Movement
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-14
JS Tan, an MIT PhD student, co-authored "Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World's Most Powerful Industry" (Haymarket Books, Sept. 2026), documenting the tech worker protest movement, the employer backlash that followed, and evolving labor dynamics and worker governance pushes in Europe's AI ecosystem.
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