2023-12-12
“It then obligates Microsoft to inform the union any time its implementation of AI or other automation ‘may impact work performed’ by union members, and if requested, to negotiate over the impact on employees.”
Bloomberg
Microsoft partners with 60 unions representing 12.5M workers to create “an open dialogue” on AI's impact on them, and signs a ZeniMax staff contract on AI use
2023-12-04
“college students have become more organized and insistent about what they see as a right” Labor folks should support students fighting surveillance tech on campus not only b/c it's just right, but these experiences will prepare them to organize vs. workplace surveillance too.
The Markup
How a California college uses data collection tools to track students' daily movements, like homework trackers, e-proctoring software, and license plate readers
2023-12-03
“college students have become more organized and insistent about what they see as a right” Labor folks should support students fighting surveillance tech on campus not only b/c it's just right, but these experiences will prepare them to organize vs. workplace surveillance too.
The Markup
How a California college uses data collection tools to track students' daily movements, like homework trackers, e-proctoring software, and license plate readers
A Markup examination of a typical college shows how students are subject to a vast and growing array of watchful tech … Threads: @craignewmark . Mastodon: @irisRichardson@mastodon....
2023-07-22
“For the first time, this summer, she feels that she is taking up an issue that will affect workers beyond AT&T. She recently asked her union to establish a task force focused on A.I.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
A US AT&T call center worker details working with AI, which generates call transcripts and provides suggestions, and wonders if she is training her replacement
To many people, chatbots and other technology feel like a ticking time bomb, sure to explode their work. But to some, the threat is already here. LinkedIn: Stephen Loynd . Bluesky...
2022-10-20
The general manager of Uber Advertising says: “Cars will become our next living rooms. We spend eight hours a week in a car; it's a huge advertising opportunity.” https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
Uber launches a global advertising unit, targeting $1B in annual gross ad bookings by 2024, including by displaying ads within its apps and on top of cars
Dave Lee / Financial Times :
2022-08-25
Flashback to 2 years ago: “The increasing diagnostic potential of smartwatches will bring questions of workplace privacy to the fore, since without guardrails, companies may soon have unprecedented insight into the physical and mental state of employees” https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Wired
Fitbit announces the entry-level $100 Inspire 3, with claimed 10-day battery life, alongside the $230 Versa 4 and $300 Sense 2; none run Google's Wear OS 3
here to keep you moving. Stomp out stress with the Sense 2, work out like a warrior with Versa 4 and add some colorful flair to your wrist with Inspire 3. Learn more → https://blog...
2022-05-16
“Increasingly [union efforts at Apple Stores] found support from current and former employees at Apple's corporate offices, thanks in part to a solidarity union @AppleLaborers, which @cherthedev helped found and which emerged from the #AppleToo campaign.” https://www.wired.com/...
Wired
A look at the Apple Together solidarity movement that emerged from #AppleToo to provide support for Apple employees organizing in retail, AppleCare, and more
Caitlin Harrington / Wired :
2022-01-17
“A month-old ransomware attack is still causing administrative chaos for millions of people, including... employees from Montana to Florida [who] have reported paychecks short by hundreds or thousands of dollars” https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
NPR
A month-old ransomware attack on Kronos' workforce management software has disrupted ~8M US employees' payroll; Kronos is aiming for a fix by the end of January
2020-05-12
Great new piece by @SarahNEmerson: “gig workers are now establishing their own platforms, often online, to organize activism. The result is a new kind of movement, one with the DNA of traditional organizing but native to the tech era.” https://onezero.medium.com/...
OneZero
Tech labor leaders are organizing using Facebook Groups and sites like Coworker.org to prevent labor movements from being suppressed and surveilled by companies
break rooms or even water coolers — where workers can commiserate. This can leave people feeling isolated, but I wrote about the ways gig workers are organizing, often by reclaimin...
2019-10-03
Google reportedly hired contract workers to get photos of “homeless people in Atlanta and attendees of the BET Awards festivities in Los Angeles” in an attempt to gather more data from people with “darker skin” to develop its facial recognition technology https://twitter.com/...
New York Daily News
Sources say Google contractor Randstad used dubious tactics targeting people of color to gather facial scans for improving the face unlock system on Pixel 4
Tech giant Google wants your face — especially if you've got “darker skin.” — To get it, the company has funded …
2018-02-19
While some companies are getting rid of binding arbitration agreements, former Meetup employees say they were told they would be “terminated without severance if they refused to sign” them after the company was acquired by WeWork: https://gizmodo.com/... pic.twitter.com/OspeOOcmMS
Gizmodo
Former Meetup employees describe how competition from Facebook, the WeWork acquisition, and a mandatory arbitration agreement weakened the culture at Meetup
Meetup was supposed to be different. — While much of the tech industry struggled to create inclusive work environments … Tweets: @vboykis , @stormyafternoon , @joshconstine , @ka...