182: Labor Organizing with Ellen Wondra

00:41 - Ellen’s Superpower: Knowing what her pets are thinking. (Observation and Paying Attention to Non-Verbal Cues.)

• Virginia Satir, Congruence and Incongruence
• Lie to Me
• Detecting Microexpressions

10:33 - Shareholder and Stakeholder Economies

• Game Theory
• Out of the Crisis
• Mitbestimmung
• Codetermination and Alienation
• Complexity Theory

18:30 - Termination of Employment Contracts

• Emergent and Deliberate Strategy

27:44 - Collective Action – Why aren’t tech workers organizing more?

• Amazon Reinstates Fired Warehouse Worker After Employees Strike
• The Potential Usefulness and Benefits of Unions
• Project Maven

37:47 - Moving in the Direction of Stakeholder Value – What do we do next?

• Anjuan Simmons – Lending Privilege
• Talk to Your Coworkers: Build Connections; Network Architecture
• Explore Worker Power
• Manager Boards

Reflections:

John: A reminder of the value of collective action.

Rein: Tech workers are workers and workers have more in common with other workers than they do with bosses.

Aaron: The practical ways of implementing collective action in tech.

Episode 80: Crafting a Community with Kris Howard

This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

Special Guest: Ellen Wondra.

Support Greater Than Code

Episode source