> Just as Tech Inquiry was completing its year of work, our Executive Director received a call from a UNI official informing him that it would be “a political p

> Just as Tech Inquiry was completing its year of work, our Executive Director received a call from a UNI official informing him that it would be “a political problem” if Microsoft ended up in the headline. Due to the neutrality agreement, Microsoft was now “a friend of the labor movement”. (A later phone call elaborated that CWA is an affiliate of UNI and helps pay UNI salaries. And that any critique of Microsoft could lead to one or more UNI employees being fired.) Maybe those workers at UNI Global Union should look into, uh, unionizing? Here's the really cute bit: > FES’s concerns – as relayed by UNI -- were that Tech Inquiry’s report made reference to billion dollar cloud contracts with the Central Intelligence Agency and the Israel Defense Forces. [...] > Note: The Intercept published a leaked copy of our report. Guess what country is not even alluded to in The Intercept's coverage?