—Stephen McMurtry is a Google Software program Engineer and Communications Chair of the Alphabet Staff Union-CWA
Snarled within the contest to be the subsequent US president, there may be one other battle brewing: Silicon Valley vs. Silicon Valley. In Donald Trump’s nook are enterprise capitalists like Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel, together with executives like Elon Musk. Within the different are execs like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and SV Angel investing mogul Ron Conway, who’re backing Kamala Harris. Democracy seems to be at stake, and the weapon of selection is chilly exhausting money.
But as an elected board member of the Alphabet Staff Union, an affiliate of the Communications Staff of America, I urge People to take a step again and look critically on the image in entrance of us. Regardless of who wins in November, Silicon Valley’s bosses are positioning themselves for victory.
Tech’s elite have lengthy been the most important winners within the US economic system, and the motion to arrange tech employees seeks to carry that elite accountable. If the subsequent president favors our bosses’ pursuits over our personal, the results might be dire for all working individuals on this nation and lots of others.
We all know learn how to struggle again in opposition to a future Trump administration as a result of we’ve been there earlier than. What’s much less clear is whether or not and to what extent we are able to rely on a Harris administration to be our ally. Learn the complete story.
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