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Through unions, professional associations, list servs and more, tech workers are coming together in growing numbers to share information, discuss issues that affect our jobs and careers, and speak with a united voice. Check out some of the organizations below.
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Alliance@IBM
www.allianceibm.org
Alliance@IBM is made up of career-minded IBM employees who are concerned about their future, and about recent actions by the company which undermined the retirement security of tens of thousands of IBM's most devoted employees. Workers formed Alliance@IBM to restore policies that value employees for their contributions as stakeholders in IBM who deserve a voice in shaping policies that affect their pensions, healthcare benefits, and livelihood. The Alliance is affiliated with the Communication Workers of America.
Communication Workers of America
www.cwa-union.org
The CWA represents more than 630,000 workers, making it the largest telecommunications union in North America. CWA members are employed in telecommunications, printing and news media, public service, health care, cable television, general manufacturing, electronics, gas and electric utilities, and other fields.
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
www.cpsr.org
CPSR is a public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about the impact of computer technology on society.
CyberLodge.org
www.cyberlodge.org
CyberLodge calls itself "an open source union project". Due to the fact that IT work is often scattered across industries and geographic locations, the creators of CyberLodge argue that traditional unions can't really help or speak to techies. The site asks of techies: "What would your ideal labor organization provide? Health benefits? Standards? Testing? Representation? Or just good advice?" The site is a project of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO
www.dpeaflcio.org
The Department for Professional Employees (DPE) comprises 21 unions representing four million professional, technical and administrative support workers in hundreds of occupations.
DigitalEve
www.digitaleve.org
Digital Eve is a women's organization focused on technology, creativity and community.
ExportingOurJobs.com
www.exportingourjobs.com
News and information about offshoring sponsored by Union Built PC.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
www.ieee.org
Local 17 represents more than 8,000 members in Washington State who are professional, technical and administrative employees in a variety of job occupations, including engineering and information technology and public health. The international union, IFPTE, represents more than 80,000 professionals in the United States and Canada.
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 17
www.ifpte17.org
Local 17 represents more than 8,000 members in Washington State who are professional, technical and administrative employees in a variety of job occupations, including engineering and information technology and public health. The international union, IFPTE, represents more than 80,000 professionals in the United States and Canada.
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
www.ifpte.org
The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, AFL-CIO& CLC, is a progressive labor union representing more than 75,000 men and women in professional, technical, administrative and associated occupations. As an affiliate of the AFL-CIO & the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), IFPTE is a diverse union representing employees in a wide variety of occupations in three distinct business sectors. Its members are comprised of workers employed by federal, public and private employers.
International Game Developers Association
www.igda.org
The International Game Developers Association is a non-profit professional membership organization that advocates globally on issues related to digital game creation.
IT Workers Alliance
www.itworkers-alliance.org
This Australian information technology workers' organization provides updated high-tech labor news links and organizing resources.
The National Writers Union
www.nwu.org/nwu
The National Writers Union (UAW/AFL-CIO) is the trade union for freelance writers publishing or working in U.S. markets (journalists, poets, book, technical, web, academic, & other authors). It offers grievance-resolution, industry campaigns, contract advice, health plans, member education, job banks, and more.
Network Professional Association
www.npanet.org
The NPA is a non-profit association of network computing professionals that sets standards of technical expertise and professionalism. The mission of the Network Professional Association is to advance the networking industry towards a profession. It's objectives include uniting network computing professionals in a worldwide association; determining member needs and interests; delivering programs and services to meet those needs and interests.
Onshore Alternatives
www.onshorealternatives.com
Researches companies that are and are not offshoring. Created by a WashTech union member.
Programmers Guild
www.programmersguild.org
The Programmers Guild is professional society aimed specifically at programmers. Goals of the Programmer's Guild include: promoting the profession of programming, lobbying on issues that affect members of the programming profession, setting professional standards, certification, and job placement. The Programmers Guild is not a labor union and is not involved in collective bargaining.
Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA)
www.speea.org
SPEEA represents 24,500 engineers, technical workers and other professional employees at The Boeing Company in Washington, Kansas, Oregon, California, Florida, Texas and Utah. SPEEA is Local 2001 of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), AFL-CIO & CLC.
Society for Technical Communication
www.stc.org
With more than 20,000 members worldwide, STC is the largest professional organization serving the technical communication profession. Its membership includes writers, editors, illustrators, printers, publishers, educators, students, engineers, and scientists employed in a variety of technological fields.
Union Built PC
www.unionbuiltpc.com
After dozens of years of working in the labor field as members, officers, and activists, we started Union Built PC in 2001. That is when we realized there was a strong need for a new computer company, one that focused on International and Local unions and the organizations affiliated with them. We found a deep need for a company that would deal fairly with labor, offering the kind of relationship that we knew was possible: a mutually beneficial one that would last decades. We also wanted to make our company fully unionized, from top to bottom. We have achieved all of that and more.
Wireless Workers
www.wirelessworker.org
A web site with news and information for Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless employees who are seeking to unionize, or have already formed a union. Sponsored by the Communications Workers of America.
Women in Technology International
www.witi.com
Women in Technology International, founded in 1989, is an association of more than 6,000 members, 95 percent of whom are professional women working in technology organizations. WITI works to increase the number of women in executive roles, help women become more financially independent and technology-literate, and encourages young women to choose careers in science and technology.
Working Today
www.workingtoday.org
Working Today is a national nonprofit membership organization that promotes the interests of people who work independently -- a diverse group that now makes up nearly 30 percent of the American workforce. Its members include freelancers, independent contractors, temps, part-timers, contingent workers, and people working from home.
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