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Tag : labor
Enlarge / Modern warehouse work sometimes unfolds within million-square-foot buildings, which some labor organizers say can make bathroom breaks “logistically impossible.” Jane Barlow | Getty Images reader comments 109 with 68 posters participating Share this story Warehouse workers in California are one step closer to being able to pee in peace. Yesterday, the state Senate ..
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reader comments 128 with 69 posters participating Share this story Nearly a year ago, Amazon fired two employees who had criticized the company. The employees had publicly called on the company to do more to reduce its carbon footprint and had circulated a petition among Amazon employees supporting better compensation and support for warehouse workers. ..
Enlarge / Exterior view of a Googleplex building, the corporate headquarters of Google and parent company Alphabet, May 2018. reader comments 151 with 90 posters participating, including story author Share this story More than 225 workers at Google have formally launched a company-wide union membership drive, following an increasing drive toward organization inside the company ..
Enlarge / Sunset, by the Google empire. reader comments 64 with 39 posters participating Share this story Google’s actions amid workplace organizing efforts, including the high-profile firings of several employees, were illegal violations of the National Labor Relations Act, federal regulators said this week. The National Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint (PDF) against ..
Enlarge / Amazon boxes. reader comments 122 with 67 posters participating Share this story In a quarter in which its revenues are expected to surpass $100 billion for the first time, Amazon says it will spend $500m on a one-time Christmas bonus for its front-line employees. The pay bump—which will not be paid until January—comes ..
Enlarge / Facebook’s Menlo Park, California, headquarters as seen in 2017. reader comments 177 with 78 posters participating Share this story Facebook’s software systems get ever better at detecting and blocking hate speech on both the Facebook and Instagram platforms, the company boasted today—but the hardest work still has to be done by people, and ..
Enlarge / Amazon.com Inc. signage is displayed in front of a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, US, on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. reader comments 70 with 46 posters participating Share this story Amazon on Thursday released high-level data on COVID-19 infection rates among its warehouse and in-store workers, saying that almost 20,000 “front-line” employees ..
Enlarge / An Amazon worker in a fulfillment center in the Orlando area, April 2019. reader comments 27 with 22 posters participating Share this story After eliminating temporary “hazard” pay raises, Amazon is saying “thank you” to its hourly workers with a one-time bonus of $500, while at least one Amazon warehouse has been found ..