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April 2026: corporate accountability

Each month, we break down our topic into four weekly modules. Catch up on previous editions here.​

This week's module: LEARN

• ✅ CONNECT | Dream about the role corporations play (or don't play) in your ideal future
• 🎯 LEARN | What are some success stories of holding corporations accountable, including employee-driven activism campaigns?
• ACT | Actions for corporate accountability and grassroots organizing
• REFLECT | Art, poetry, and commitments

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

Here's what we'll learn today Reader

Hi, it's me, still writing to you from March because present-Nivi is on vacation. There's a good chance more 💩 has hit the fan since I left. So if the tone of this email doesn't match what's happening in your reality, sorry, I didn't know how to do that with time travel.

Against all odds, I hope you're having a great week, I hope you're live laugh loving with people who love you back, and I hope you've found a reason to laugh out loud today.

It's our LEARN module on corporate accountability today and I'm excited to get into some success stories of holding corporations accountable!

The video I found honestly gives me so much hope for what we can do when we work together. Like they say in the LEGO movie, everything is awesome when you're part of a team.

Your bite-sized action plan Reader

✅ LEARN how to organize your workplace and why unions matter for corporate accountability

Today's video is on why unions are good and cool (and how to get one in your workplace).

I love that this creator breaks down that unions are about strategic sabotage when they're needed as a tool for power-building.

Many folks who read this Changeletter work in tech and may not see themselves as workers, but we ARE! And we hold the reins of power that, when organized, can make or break companies! Yes, even in the age of AI or [insert other excuse].

But the thing in many corporations right now is, when you think of organizing as an employee, you're probably thinking of affinity groups or ERGs or whatever they're called at your company.

This is not a union.

This is usually a corporate-sanctioned pizza party designed to make you feel better about your job rather than changing your job.

Watch this video for some wins and some strategies, and next time you head to your employee resource group meeting, talk about how to unionize.

Step 1: figure out if your company already has a union you're not part of. Join it.

​Here's a resource on how to start a union that was mentioned in the video.​

But seriously, this video is excellent for anyone thinking about strategies for change.

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A few other learning tidbits I wanted to offer:

• Wins don't always look the way you think they do. This Atlantic article on Microsoft's Hypocrisy on AI from 2024 could not have happened without the bravery of employee whistleblowers. Even though Microsoft (and other tech companies) are still extracting, this information matters.
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• We need a reckoning on what "profit" entails for corporations. From Grist: if corporations had to pay for their climate pollution, their profits would plunge significantly.​
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• There are sooo many levers to hold corporations accountable. Pick one! In 2022, France banned fossil fuel advertising. Good things are happening!

Alrighty! See you next week.

Love,

Nivi

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