Strange Loop

There Are No Shortcuts in Organizing, but Technology Sure Does Help

Building solidarity in your workplace is all about creating connections with your coworkers, so they say there are “no shortcuts” to having conversations with each other. This was no less true for the Times Tech Guild; we had literally thousands of one-on-one conversations over three years of organizing. But while there were no shortcuts, having product managers, project managers, data analysts, designers, and engineers sure did help! This talk is about how we used our strengths in data visualization, automation, and website development to give our organizing a boost, and what we learned along the way.

Vicki Crosson

NYT Tech Guild

Vicki Crosson has worked as a software engineer at the New York Times for 6 years. She was on the organizing committee for the Times Tech Guild during its formation, and continues on as a steward and as the secretary of the unit council. She learned everything she knows about unions on the fly and is particularly interested in connecting people with problems that are a good fit for their skills and interests, so that they can be just as excited as she is!

Shane Moore

NYT Tech Guild

Shane is a Staff Software Engineer at the New York Times and a Shop Steward in the NYT Tech Guild.