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[Link] 'No One’s Life is Worth a Package': Amazon Workers Are Organizing for Cell Phone Access
Read: 20/12/2021 www.vice.com
The Amazon workers are also demanding that Amazon pay workers for shifts cancelled due to inclement weather. And during school closures, they want Amazon to excuse all absences caused by severe weather and to be paid 80 percent of their salary.
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[Link] Red Spice Road owners publish open letter about unpaid former staff
Read: 31/10/2021 www.theage.com.au
The owners of popular city restaurant Red Spice Road, which planned to reopen without contacting or paying the staff it sacked in May, have released an open letter claiming there had been a terrible misunderstanding.
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[Link] Amazon intensifies 'severe' effort to discourage first-ever US warehouse union
Read: 31/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
A push to unionize workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama is running into tough opposition as the retail giant, whose profits have boomed during the coronavirus pandemic despite concerns over worker safety, has launched an aggressive anti-union drive.
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[Link] Netflix hit with unfair labor charge from suspended and fired employees
Read: 31/10/2021 www.avclub.com
After weeks of controversy surrounding its release of—and then vocal high-level support for—the transphobic material in Dave Chappelle’s comedy special The Closer, streaming giant Netflix now faces an unfair labor charge from two of its current/former employees.
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[Link] Activision Blizzard ends forced arbitration as CEO takes a massive pay cut
Read: 31/10/2021 www.theverge.com
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick sent a letter updating employees on the further steps he and the company will take to change its image in the wake of multiple sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits.
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[Link] Sure Looks Like Democrats Are Killing Paid Family Leave to Please Joe Manchin
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Democrats have been toiling to push through their own New Deal—a massive social spending bill covering climate, health, and child care—and secure President Joe Biden’s legacy.
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[Link] Massage parlour operators who threatened to kill families of underpaid staff breached workplace laws, court finds
Read: 20/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The Federal Court has found the former operators of a Canberra massage business breached workplace laws by underpaying their staff and threatening to have their families in the Philippines killed if they complained.
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[Link] Tesla ordered to pay $137M to Black former worker subjected to racist workplace
Read: 10/10/2021 arstechnica.com
Tesla owes Owen Diaz $137 million after a jury found that the Black former worker was subjected to racial abuse that the electric vehicle company insufficiently addressed during his tenure.
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[Link] Artist Steals $84,000 From Modern Art Museum, Calls It Conceptual Art
Read: 29/9/2021 www.vice.com
The Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in northern Denmark originally commissioned Haaning to recreate two of his earlier works as part of its “Work It Out” exhibition.
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[Link] Delivery driver who called worker 'juicy' threatened to sue her after she made complaint
Read: 16/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
Frayne Higgins was hoping to overturn a decision by Tasmania's Anti-Discrimination Tribunal last year, which found he had sexually harassed a female retail employee and ordered him to pay her $45,000.
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[Link] I'm An Adult Performer. Here's Why I'm Abandoning Amazon Wishlists.
Read: 30/8/2021 www.vice.com
GoAskAlex is an adult entertainer who launched her career in 2014 as a webcam model and online companion. Most recently, Alex won the 2020 XBIZ Cam Awards for Best Inked Model and 2021 XBIZ Awards for Overall Best Cam Model.
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[Link] UPDATE 1-China to cap how much ride-hailing platforms can take from drivers
Read: 26/8/2021 www.reuters.com
SHANGHAI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities will impose a cap on the percentage ride-hailing platforms can take from drivers’ fees, an official from the Ministry of Transport said on Wednesday.
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[Link] Activision may have fired a few employees, but with people like Fran Townsend still in charge, some don’t expect real change
Read: 7/8/2021 www.destructoid.com
Activision Blizzard has offered forth its initial salvo of sacrificial lambs. Blizzard President J. Allen “I despise frat boy culture/Heroes of the Storm killer/half-hearted Hearthstone debacle apologizer” (what a mark in just a few years!) Brack and the head of Blizzard HR are out.
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[Link] Fullbright co-founder steps down following report of employee mistreatment
Read: 7/8/2021 www.destructoid.com
Fullbright co-founder Steve Gaynor has stepped back from his role as creative lead and manager on Open Roads. This news broke last evening, just ahead of a Polygon report detailing issues at the studio, including complaints of Gaynor’s behavior towards women on the team.
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[Link] Elon Musk's Brother Wants to Build Utopian Learning Gardens, Without Unions
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
Big Green's anti-union stance coincides with a series of outwardly progressive institutions and companies, including art museums, universities, public interest law firms, and green energy companies, taking measures to ensure their employees don't unionize.
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[Link] How to Check if the Business That Won’t Pay You a Fair Wage Got a PPP Loan
Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com
Summer’s ugliest trend is bosses pinning the blame for business interruptions on “lazy” workers.
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[Link] Activision Blizzard Employees Form Coalition, Reject CEO's Choice of Law Firm
Read: 5/8/2021 www.ign.com
We are The ABK Workers Alliance, an organized group of current Activision Blizzard, Inc. employees committed to defending our right to a safe and equitable workplace.
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[Link] Uber, Lyft Introduce Prop 22 Clone to Undermine Labor Law In Massachusetts
Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com
It’s nearly been a year since Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and Postmates wrote Proposition 22—a ballot measure that exempted them from following California labor laws—and spent $220 million on a deceptive campaign to pass it.
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[Link] Over 1,000 Activision Blizzard Employees Sign Letter Condemning Company's Response To Allegations
Read: 27/7/2021 kotaku.com
“Following the announcement from Activision Blizzard, and in light of the internal memo circulated by Frances Townsend, a group of over 800 employees from across all of Activision-Blizzard-King and its subsidiaries came together to take action,” a representative of the group told Kotaku.
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[Link] Blizzard Boss Accused Of Failing To Address Sexual Harassment Calls New Allegations ‘Troubling’
Read: 24/7/2021 www.kotaku.com.au
In the email, first reported by ’s Jason Schreier, a copy of which was also viewed by Kotaku, Blizzard president J. Allen Brack wrote, “I personally have a lot of emotions coming out of yesterday, and I know you do, too.
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[Link] ‘We owe it to our couriers’: Menulog trials employee rights for workers
Read: 12/4/2021 www.smh.com.au
One of Australia’s largest food delivery platforms, Menulog, has broken with the industry and declared it will be the first to give many of its couriers rights to a minimum wage and superannuation contributions by directly employing them.
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