Twitter lays off about half its staff, sending a “Your Role at Twitter” email to their company account for those staying and personal account for those leaving
which was maybe ~80-100 people — is down to just two people after layoffs today.... Will Oremus / @willoremus : Here's the first official communication from Twitter's new leadership to its staff, a we...
The Teamsters, one of the largest labor unions in the US, votes to support, fund, and supply resources to employees of Amazon in their unionization efforts
@greenhousenyt https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : Amazon's $15/hour wage does raise wages for some, but it cuts the wages of many more, because the logistics industry us...
A look at the plight of “pickers”, in-store shoppers fulfilling online grocery orders, and the cottage industry around tech tools that make them more efficient
The technology needed to fulfill orders is costly for stores, and the workers who pick items off the shelves often feel the pressure of being tracked. Tweets: @sapna , @greenhousenyt , @nytimesbusines...
Amazon thanks workers for voting against unionizing, says less than 16% voted to join the union and counters the union's claims that Amazon won by intimidation
Labor leaders & progressive activists say they intend to escalate both the ground war & air war against Amazon after the failed union election More than 1,000 Amazon workers across the country have co...
How Amazon has shaped the economy of Campbellsville, KY, where it opened one of its first fulfillment centers and is now the town's largest private employer
In Campbellsville, Ky., the tech giant's influences abound. The profits, not so much. — CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — In the late 1990s … Tweets: @greenhousenyt , @danieldenvir , @nytimesbusiness , @greenh...
As unionized dockworkers protest automation in LA ports, truckers welcome the port robots which reduce unpaid time they spend waiting for the cargo to load
Day after day, Walter Diaz, an immigrant truck driver from El Salvador, steers his 18-wheeler toward the giant ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Tweets: @margotroosevelt , @latimes , @paulpage , @m...