We’re partnering with @wwwrise.bsky.social to survey tech workers to understand your experience as mass layoffs and AI integration rapidly change job environments. Your responses will inform original research that could support pro-labor legislative campaigns.

Should people with lower incomes pay higher prices? A recent Consumer Reports investigation revealed that Kroger grocery stores collect extensive customer data—including indicators used to estimate shoppers’ income.

In 2022, 91-year-old Gene Lokken fractured his hip and ankle as a result of a fall. He spent around six days in the hospital before being moved to hospice care for a month to recover from his injuries, followed by physical therapy.

What if, any time you messed up at your job, you got kicked out of your work email? You try to call HR to get someone to fix it, but nobody answers... That’s basically what happened to Lilian at Appen. This is just one story at one company in the AI supply chain. https://ow.ly/ssMI50Ziq0q

This is one of many stories about how the use of AI is impacting people’s lives. Learn more: techequity.us/2026/01/21/5...

Amazon's negative climate impact, its treatment of warehouse workers, and its effects on the communities where its facilities are located motivated Vaurun Iyengar to start organizing. Feeling the same itch? Here are some tips about speaking up: https://ow.ly/z1kH50Zius0

Am I protected by rent control or stabilization under state or local law? If I am protected, is my new rent increase higher than the limits set by those laws? Let TenantProtections.org do the math for you.

If you’ve ever listened to Schoolhouse Rock, you probably know the basics of how a bill becomes a law. If you’ve read our blog, you probably know how that happens in California. But did you know there are ways YOU can participate? https://ow.ly/SJqZ50ZipWk

Is AI your new HR? Are you worried about your boss monitoring you at work? We are partnering with What We Will on a new participatory action research project to understand the experience of tech workers as mass layoffs and AI integration rapidly change jobs. https://ow.ly/WIU250Ziuq4

Despite doing vital work for one of the world's largest companies, Kirn is paid $14 per hour, and he’s not the only one. Other Telus employees across the U.S. struggle to get by on similar wages. This is just one company, one story in the massive AI supply chain. https://ow.ly/huPH50ZipLS

Trust in government is low, stemming from deep concern that legislators are overly influenced by Tech. But our research on AI made it clear that voters will support those who show independence and fight for real AI protections. What will policymakers do with that info? https://ow.ly/K9Av50Ziuoy

Tech workers, we want to hear from you! We're partnering w/ What We Will on a new participatory action research project to understand the experience of tech workers as mass layoffs & AI integration rapidly change jobs. Inform this research by filling out this survey. https://ow.ly/Oqpj50ZipJz

You shouldn’t have to be all smiles at work. You shouldn’t face discrimination at work because you move or think differently than others. That’s why TechEquity Action supports the Workplace Surveillance Guardrails (AB 1883)! Learn about other bills on the docket for 2026: https://ow.ly/gIMx50ZijX0

For centuries, price tags didn’t exist—you had to haggle, and sometimes faced discrimination. The Quakers saw this as immoral and created the price tag. One price for everyone, no matter what. For most of the 20th century, that held. Then technology changed the math. https://ow.ly/3ekE50ZikfW

California is home to most of the world's largest AI developers, which means it is also where the future of this technology will be decided. To help the state’s leaders take on this challenge, we prepared a set of memos that paint a picture of a human-first AI future. https://ow.ly/T0I150ZikaN

Massive layoffs at profitable companies are often blamed on "AI." But is it AI—or stock inflation and marketing spin? Workers deserve to know. TechEquity Action backs SB 951 (Reyes): 60-day notice before AI-driven job displacement. More legislation we're tracking: techequity.us/2026/05/5/20...

Big Tech spent over $57.6 million on lobbying in California between 2023 and 2025. How are Californians supposed to trust that their leaders are acting in the people’s best interests? We have some ideas: https://ow.ly/ozjI50ZijQi

Small businesses are then forced to either eat their profit or pass higher prices on to their customers. How are small businesses supposed to survive like this? Is this the economy we want?

AI isn’t all that artificial. Junbee in the Philippines, for instance, spends all day annotating data to “teach” AI what, for instance, avocado toast looks like. Despite contributing to billion-dollar AI systems, Junbee makes less than minimum wage through Remotasks, a subsidiary of Scale AI.

Data brokers make BILLIONS of dollars every year collecting data points on you and then selling YOUR DATA. Then, other companies use that data to RAISE PRICES on everything from food to flights based on what they think you’re willing to pay. This is surveillance pricing: https://ow.ly/Vqb950ZiP5B

WEDNESDAY: Check out the TechEquity Data Work Landscape Team as they share a demo of the site and talk to the @labortechresearchnetwork.org about the research process, along with trends and insights in the AI data work field. @tnewmsblues.bsky.social

For thousands of workers in California, their boss is AI, and companies are using it to automate tasks like discipline and even firing. That’s why TechEquity Action supports the No Robo Bosses Act (SB 947)!

Eliza’s apartment building is owned by her employer, Teleperformance. In theory, that may be nice—it can be hard to find affordable housing in Lisbon. But in exchange, Eliza’s wages are lower, and her housing depends on her staying with the company.

Kirn Gill II is a US-based search quality rater who is preparing for his own layoff. Despite doing vital work for one of the largest companies in the world, Kirn is paid $14/hour—about $7/hour below Missouri’s living wage. He expects that when the state minimum wage rises, Telus will lay him off.

In 2021, a property management company rejected Mary Louis’s housing application. Yes, she didn’t have the best credit score, but she had a great recommendation from her landlord of 17 years, who said she always paid her rent on time, and a housing voucher that would cover part of the rent.

With data center electricity demand projected to double or triple over the next three years, some California cities face the same pricing pressures that drove utility costs up by as much as 267% in other data center hubs. But it doesn't have to be this way.

Am I protected by rent control or stabilization under state or local law? If I am protected, is my new rent increase higher than allowed by those laws? Let TenantProtections.org do the math for you.

Our AI Research Manager, Hannah Holloway, is speaking at the @natfairhouse.bsky.social 2026 National Conference, and we hope you’ll be in the room. This year’s theme is “Building the Future We Deserve: Solutions for America’s Fair and Affordable Housing Crisis."

Big Tech companies present themselves as AI innovators. What they rarely acknowledge is their role as the architects of the conditions the workers behind AI are experiencing. That’s why we recently launched Version 2.0 of our Data Work Landscape. Learn more: techequity.us/2026/05/21/d...

Worker surveillance technology has exploded across workplaces—from warehouses to gig work to Silicon Valley. That’s why @californialabor.bsky.social, @techoversight.bsky.social @techequityaction.bsky.social @towardsjustice.bsky.social and more are bringing together experts on June 26th at 10am...