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@labortechresearchnetwork.orgCongratuations to our member Azer Kilic, who published "Professional translators’ imaginaries of the future of work amid AI advances: articulating fears, hopes, and desires within narratives of capitalism" in @jcultecon.bsky.social.
@labortechresearchnetwork.orgThe three offical LaborTech events are marked purples: our Network meetup on Friday, Oct 9 from 12:20pm to 1:30pm, our Making & Doing exhibit on Thursday Oct 8 from 12:20pm to 3:20pm, and our Data Center panel on Saturday Oct 10, from 1:30pm to 3:20pm. We look forward to seeing some of you there!
@labortechresearchnetwork.orgWe are at 4S 2026, the annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science. If you are around, please take a look at our LaborTech @ 4S Schedule published on our website with specifically sessions by our members labortechresearchnetwork.org/4s-2026
@laurenfklein.bsky.socialReposted by @labortechresearchnetwork.orgSuch #4S2026 FOMO this week, but appreciative of @labortechresearchnetwork.org for pulling together this list of panels that I can imagine from afar! labortechresearchnetwork.org/4s-2026
@dairinstitute.bsky.socialReposted by @labortechresearchnetwork.orgJoin us for a virtual event to commemorate the Lampedusa shipwreck tragedy and discuss the human consequences of the growing use of surveillance, data and AI in migration control.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@datasociety.bsky.socialReposted by @labortechresearchnetwork.orgIn @dissentmag.bsky.social, D&S Policy Director @brianjchen.bsky.social explores the power and limits of the data center opposition, and what it might take to change the structure of AI production for the public’s benefit. dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-d...
@disconetwork.bsky.socialReposted by @labortechresearchnetwork.orgUPCOMING EVENT: Join us on Wednesday, September 23 at 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET for Feeling the Future: Asian/Americanist Takes on Techno-Empire, Chinamaxxing, & the “American Century of Humiliation." 🎤 Featuring Brian J. Chen, Julie Chu, Jasmine Ehrhardt, & Paul Kim in conversation with Lisa Nakamura.
@labortechresearchnetwork.orgWebinar @etui.bsky.social: "Unpaid labour across Europe: how much work goes unpaid and what does it tell us about inequality and job quality?"
18 September 2026, 11:00 - 13:00 CEST, Zoom
@zephoria.bsky.socialReposted by @labortechresearchnetwork.orgPhD candidates/new grads: Postdoc opportunity with me focused on political economy and tech. See details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502
@labortechresearchnetwork.orgOur member Julián Posada was recently on Democracy Now.
@labortechresearchnetwork.orgA First Look at Labor’s AI Values: An analysis of recent statements about technology by unions and other worker organizations
