Computer Professionals' Union
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Computer Professionals' Union (CPU or CP-Union for short) is a mass organization of information and communications technology professionals, practitioners, and workers in the Philippines. CPU believes that, like farmers, workers, and other sectors in the country, information & communications technology (ICT) workers also need to organize in order to advance their specific needs.
CPU is notable for its belief that the ICT sector in the Philippines is controlled and dominated by foreign monopoly capitalists, which stunts the growth and development of Filipino technology and economy.
CPU supports the Filipino people’s call for a truly nationalist and democratic government that will advance and promote a people’s ICT.
Organization Tenets
- Free Information: CPU believes that information in all forms is the collective knowledge and experience of humankind. It believes that no one owns information; therefore, anyone can use and develop it for the benefit of mankind and development of society.
- Privacy of Information: Computers and telecommunications networks have brought consumers many conveniences. But, the organization alleges, advanced technologies pose serious threats to privacy. CPU believes that information about us, our families, where we live, where we work, people we call, sites we surf, stores we shop in, etc., should be kept private.
- Open Source: CPU fully supports the open source initiative. One of the group's aims is to convince fellow technology practitioners and the government to abandon the use of software by companies such as Microsoft and Oracle Corporation.
- Right to organize: CPU members believe that as workers, they have the right to form labor unions and associations that will collectively fight for workers' rights and welfare.
- Use of Appropriate Technology: CPU believes that technology alone cannot solve political and social problems. It aims to dispel myths about the infallibility of technological systems and neutrality of science and technology.
External links
Categories:
- Computer-related organizations
- Organizations based in the Philippines
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