Our Story So Far
The Exployer Launches Its Campaign (March 21, 2015)
The viral “I Work for the Web” campaign is launched by RockeHearst Omnipresent Bundlers and its charismatic leader, Andrew Rockehearst Sr. (@tycoonthropist)
I Work for the Web @iworkfortheweb
Announcing our new campaign to celebrate the work you do on your play on the Internet: https://prezi.com/fjaqyiznrbq8/what-if/ … #IWFW
I Work for the Web @iworkfortheweb
What Job Do you Do for the Web? Take our Job Placement Quiz! #IWFW http://www.buzzfeed.com/markcmarino/whats-your-internet-job-as-imagined-as-characters-12dly …
I Work for the Web @iworkfortheweb · Mar 31
Celebrate your Work for the Web! #IWFW Official site: http://robwit.net/iwfw/
I Work for the Web @iworkfortheweb 8h8 hours ago
Make an “I work for the Web” video & share it to join our viral campaign! Catch the webwork virus! http://robwit.net/iwfw/ #iwfw
The WebWorkers Respond (April 1, 2015)
The campaign backfires when Webworkers realize how much labor they’ve been contributing for free!
Betty Tweetington @btweetington 1h1 hour ago
In general I do like working for the web. My favorite task is taking buzzfeed quizzes. But i do want better wages. #iwfw
Annabel Lee @AnnabelLeeIWFW 23h23 hours ago
If I have to comment “you are fireee” on a friend’s selfie one more time, I will set my iPhone on fire #iwfw
A Meeting Is Called at Nighthawks Bar. Is a Union forming? (April 4, 2015)
A group of disgruntled workers decided to meet to discuss working conditions on the Web.
Intl Webworkers @IntlWebworkers Apr 6
Webworkers, do not submit to your exployers, but transform their Tweets & hash their hashtags into tools for change! #IWFW
Annabel Lee @AnnabelLeeIWFW 18h18 hours ago
Forever grateful that I can turn read-receipts off! Now there’s no way my boss can tell if I read his text or not >:) #iwfw
Intl Webworkers @IntlWebworkers 8h8 hours ago
We also must develop means of communicating that @tycoonthropist cannot trace though the Internet is his very spider’s web #iwfw
Polonius McMillan @PMcMilli 1h1 hour ago
@dazicole You get caught up in that mess… you’ll never get promoted. Me? I’m doing Candy Crush! #IWFW
What Happened at Nighthawks’ Bar? (April 5, 2015)
Tycoonthropist getting wind of the event, sends in his private security forces, the Pingertons. Havoc breaks out. A riot? A rumble? Reports conflict.
Betty Tweetington @btweetington 19m19 minutes ago
@DonaldStevens40 was a typical sat. night, working my 2nd job behind the bar. Protestors came in w/ their signs, chanting about wages #iwfw
Elyse @peaceforelyse 39m39 minutes ago
Went to Nighthawk to learn more about working for the web. Info was great but I learned the most from the police who showed up. #iwfw
Betty Tweetington @btweetington 16h16 hours ago
@alli_do88 @tycoonthropist ‘s private police went nuts with tear gas and pepper spray. #IWFW it was intense.
Sezei Xopos @Xopos_Sez 1h1 hour ago
Wait! This is TUESDAY morning? I was in custody there like 48 hours!! I can’t count #IWFW and I don’t think they were real ppolice
Andrew RockeHearst @tycoonthropist · Apr 6
@iworkfortheweb are you telling me we do not know what happened at Nighthawks? Crowedterrogate our Emplustomers! #iwfw
Dave Newman @ImDaveNewman 17h17 hours ago
I wonder if some of you were even AT Nighthawks on Sat – or if u were, u must have been really messed up #falseaccounts #IWFW
Whose Side Are You On? Union or No Union? (April 6, 2015)
Now that the battle lines have been drawn, all Webworkers must decide will they rise up with the union or stand up for the corporate interests that run the Web.
Intl Webworkers @IntlWebworkers · Apr 6
Saturday night at Nighthawks the exployer showed his hand, now show him yours! Raise your Like hand in a fist! #IWFW