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Dave Jamieson

@jamieson
17 posts
2023-03-21
Great reporting from @noamscheiber on divisions within the Amazon Labor Union including a split between Chris Smalls and other leaders https://www.nytimes.com/...
2023-03-21 View on X
New York Times

A year after its Staten Island win, the Amazon Labor Union has endured setbacks and conflicts, including between president Chris Smalls and longtime organizers

Noam Scheiber / New York Times : Tweets: @josheidelson , @marketurbanism , @noamscheiber , @michelleimiller , @_grendan , @jacremes , @lfelizleon , and @jamieson Tweets: Josh Eide...

2022-09-26
WSJ with a deep dive on Amazon's low-road trucking network: ‘More than 1,300 Amazon trucking contractors received [safety] scores worse than the level at which DOT officials typically take action, the Journal found.’ https://www.wsj.com/...
2022-09-26 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Analysis: Amazon's regular trucking contractors were more than twice as likely as other companies to get unsafe driving scores from February 2020 to August 2022

Its regular contractors were more than twice as likely to receive unsafe driving scores compared with similar outfits; Amazon says its network is safe Tweets: @jamieson , @anthony ...

2022-06-20
The 2-1 margin bodes well for campaigns that are already brewing at other Apple stores. The Machinists immediately called upon Apple to accept the results and start bargaining a contract (unlike Amazon, which is fighting its election results at the NLRB) https://www.huffpost.com/...
2022-06-20 View on X
New York Times

Apple employees at a store in Towson, Maryland vote 65-33 to unionize, making it the company's first US store where employees voted in favor of unionizing

I mean... download... to “Have a chance to ask leadership questions” about the “not yet certified” vote. We at #AppleTogether think this is great! Ever heard of the Streisand Effec...

2022-06-19
The 2-1 margin bodes well for campaigns that are already brewing at other Apple stores. The Machinists immediately called upon Apple to accept the results and start bargaining a contract (unlike Amazon, which is fighting its election results at the NLRB) https://www.huffpost.com/...
2022-06-19 View on X
New York Times

Apple employees at a store in Towson, Maryland vote 65-33 to unionize, making it the company's first US store where employees voted in favor of unionization

Roughly two-thirds of employees at the store in Towson, Md., voted to join the union.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

2022-06-03
👀 Microsoft puts out statement of principle on unions: “Recent unionization campaigns across the country — including in the tech sector — have led us to conclude that inevitably these issues will touch on more businesses, potentially including our own.” https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
2022-06-03 View on X
GeekWire

Microsoft releases four principles recognizing its employees' rights to organize; president Brad Smith promises an “open and constructive approach” to unions

Conceding that the rise of labor unions in tech may ultimately reach its own business, Microsoft released a new set …

2022-04-28
OSHA has wrapped its investigation into the deaths of six workers at an Amazon warehouse in IL when a tornado struck. They are not fining the company but outlined several problems. The biggest being that many workers didn't know where to shelter in place. https://www.huffpost.com/...
2022-04-28 View on X
CNBC

An OSHA probe into an Illinois warehouse collapse that killed six Amazon workers levies no fines or penalties after finding Amazon met minimal safety standards

so that workers' lives are prioritized over profit. https://www.cnbc.com/... Annie Palmer / @annierpalmer : New: OSHA has released the findings of its investigation into a deadly A...

2021-09-28
I think we all knew intuitively that ‘Instagram for Kids’ was a bad idea. Credit to WSJ reporting for getting it shelved https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-09-28 View on X
Engadget

Nick Clegg says Facebook will release two internal slide decks central to WSJ's story on Instagram's impact on teens to the public “in the next few days”

Facebook will publish two internal slide decks detailing its research into how Instagram affects teens' mental health sometime “in the next few days.” Source: YouTube .

I think we all knew intuitively that ‘Instagram for Kids’ was a bad idea. Credit to WSJ reporting for getting it shelved https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-09-28 View on X
Instagram

Adam Mosseri says Instagram is pausing work on Instagram Kids, after criticism from parents, experts, regulators, policymakers, and others

Good morning!  This Tuesday, Facebook says Instagram isn't bad for teens … Ben Lyons / Gamereactor UK : Development of Instagram Kids has been paused Barbara Ortutay / NBC Bay Area...

2021-04-04
Amazon's apology to @repmarkpocan ends with a list of news stories about other companies whose workers have to pee in bottles. That's an interesting kicker to an apology. https://www.aboutamazon.com/ ...
2021-04-04 View on X
GeekWire

Amazon apologizes for tweeting “you don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” and says the tweet didn't contemplate its large driver population

Amazon issued a rare apology Friday night, stepping back from comments made on Twitter last week in a response … Source: About Amazon .

2021-02-12
Folks, the influencers are getting pensions https://www.backstage.com/...
2021-02-12 View on X
Backstage

SAG-AFTRA approves an influencer agreement, extending its coverage to anyone who is paid to advertise products via their social media platforms

2020-03-25
It's exciting to see Ford and the UAW take this on. But you can help but wonder if an administration that took this crisis more seriously would have helped broker this arrangement WEEKS ago and potentially saved more lives. https://twitter.com/...
2020-03-25 View on X
ZDNet

How 3D printer makers like Stratasys, Protolabs, and other companies like Ford, are helping fight COVID-19 by 3D printing face shields and medical equipment

With critical medical gear in short supply, additive manufacturing is an “essential part” of the pandemic response, the industry says.

2020-02-19
The folks at Kickstarter just unionized by a vote of 46-37, per the company. This is a big deal for unions in tech.
2020-02-19 View on X
VICE

Kickstarter employees vote 46-37 to unionize with the Office and Professional Employees International Union

no matter where they work. That includes tech. #SupportUnions https://twitter.com/... @doctorow : Kickstarter workers vote to form first union in tech industry https://www.nbcnews....

2020-02-18
The folks at Kickstarter just unionized by a vote of 46-37, per the company. This is a big deal for unions in tech.
2020-02-18 View on X
VICE

Kickstarter employees vote 46-37 to unionize with the Office and Professional Employees International Union, the first workers at a major tech company to do so

Kickstarter employees voted to form a union with the Office and Professional Employees International Union, which represents more than 100,000 white collar workers.

2019-09-13
I spoke to a former Kickstarter employee who says she was fired last week for union organizing. She would have had to give up all legal claims and agree to an NDA if she wanted any severance https://www.huffpost.com/...
2019-09-13 View on X
Slate

Kickstarter has fired two union organizers in eight days; sources: both were fired for what management said were performance-related issues

April Glaser / Slate :

I spoke to a former Kickstarter employee who says she was fired last week for union organizing. She would have had to give up all legal claims and agree to an NDA if she wanted any severance https://www.huffpost.com/...
2019-09-13 View on X
Slate

How incidents like banning an “Always Punch Nazis” comic at Kickstarter led to a unionization push by employees who believe in the altruistic image of the brand

Kickstarter never wanted to be a normal tech company.  A crowdfunding platform for artists, gadget-makers … Tweets: @bentarnoff , @waxpancake , and @kevinriggle Tweets: Ben Tarnoff...

2019-09-01
This is one to watch: An affiliate of the @Steelworkers has filed for a union election for 90 Google contractors in Pittsburgh. It's the opening shot in the union's effort to make inroads in the city's tech sector. https://www.pghtechprofessionals.org/ ...
2019-09-01 View on X
VICE

66% of Google's eligible contract workers, employed by outsourced IT services provider HCL in Philadelphia, announce their intention to unionize

DarkCyber noted … Colin Lecher / The Verge : Google contractors in Pittsburgh say a majority are unionizing Brandy Betz / Seeking Alpha : Google contractors move to unionize Ethan ...

2019-08-31
This is one to watch: An affiliate of the @Steelworkers has filed for a union election for 90 Google contractors in Pittsburgh. It's the opening shot in the union's effort to make inroads in the city's tech sector. https://www.pghtechprofessionals.org/ ...
2019-08-31 View on X
VICE

66% of Google's eligible contract workers, employed by outsourced IT services provider HCL in Philadelphia, announce their intention to unionize

Part of Google's “shadow work force” is unionizing in Philadelphia.  —  Contract workers at Google's office in Philadelphia have just announced their intention to unionize.