2023-09-07
New: Grindr issued an in-office mandate 2 weeks after the @GrindrUnited union went public. Now, nearly half of its staff is gone. Today the union has filed new unfair labor practice charges, alleging that the company shut down protected speech. https://www.wired.com/...
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The CWA files two unfair labor practice charges with the US NLRB alleging Grindr cut 82 workers, or 46% of its staff, for rejecting a return-to-office mandate
https://www.wired.com/... X: Caitlin Harrington / @caitharr : New: Grindr issued an in-office mandate 2 weeks after the @GrindrUnited union went public. Now, nearly half of its sta...
2022-07-08
Tech companies have been getting credit for offering abortion travel benefits, but their most vulnerable workers are shut out. How the arrangement deepens inequities: https://www.wired.com/...
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Tech companies' offer to help employees sidestep abortion bans does not cover gig workers, temporary workers, and subcontractors, deepening the workforce divide
Caitlin Harrington / Wired : Tweets: @carnage4life , @datascibae , @caitharr , and @hypervisible Tweets: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : The other shoe drops. Tech companies will ...
2022-05-16
The Apple retail union efforts are getting an assist from employees across the company, through the solidarity group @AppleLaborers https://www.wired.com/...
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A look at the Apple Together solidarity movement that emerged from #AppleToo to provide support for Apple employees organizing in retail, AppleCare, and more
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2022-03-09
New @BrookingsInst data finds that tech workers didn't flee tech hubs en masse during the pandemic. They did disperse slightly though, especially to vacation towns like Barnstable, MA https://www.wired.com/...
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Brookings: US tech jobs remain concentrated in coastal hubs but 36 other cities, including Philadelphia, had stronger tech job growth than before the pandemic
Caitlin Harrington / Wired : Tweets: @caitharr and @louisgray Tweets: Caitlin Harrington / @caitharr : New @BrookingsInst data finds that tech workers didn't flee tech hubs en mas...