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Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism

New York Times
January 4, 2021

OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 225 Google engineers and other workers have formed a union, the group revealed on Monday, capping years of growing activism[1] at one of the world’s…

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Cryptocurrency Start-Up Underpaid Women and Black Employees, Data Shows

New York Times
December 29, 2020

The fast-growing cryptocurrency start-up Coinbase has been rattled in recent months by tensions between executives and employees[1] who said they were being treated unfairly because of their race or gender.…

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Amazon Workers Near Vote on Joining Union at Alabama Warehouse

New York Times
December 22, 2020

Thousands of workers at an Amazon warehouse near Birmingham, Ala., moved closer this week to holding a vote on whether to form a union, a milestone at the nation’s fastest…

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Justice Dept. Suit Says Facebook Discriminates Against U.S. Workers

New York Times
December 3, 2020

Mr. Trump has been a vocal critic of temporary worker visas. In October, his administration announced new rules for the H1-B program[1], substantially raising the wages that U.S. companies must…

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Up to 30 Million in U.S. Have the Skills to Earn 70% More, Researchers Say

New York Times
December 3, 2020

In the pandemic economy, labor experts have called for increased government funding for skills training programs, especially to expand ones that have proved to help lift workers into middle-class careers.…

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Federal Labor Agency Says Google Wrongly Fired 2 Employees

New York Times
December 3, 2020

A federal agency said on Wednesday that Google had most likely violated labor law when it fired two employees[1] who were involved in labor organizing, a spokesman for the agency…

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Amazon Shopping Needs a Prime Army

New York Times
November 30, 2020

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.[1] Amazon is mobilizing a growing army to deliver packages to your door.…

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Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal

New York Times
November 27, 2020

SEATTLE — Amazon has embarked on an extraordinary hiring binge this year, vacuuming up an average of 1,400 new workers a day and solidifying its power as online shopping becomes…

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Don’t Fear the Robots, and Other Lessons From a Study of the Digital Economy

New York Times
November 17, 2020

L. Rafael Reif, the president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, delivered an intellectual call to arms to the university’s faculty in November 2017: Help generate insights into how advancing technology…

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Apple Suspends iPhone Maker Pegatron Over China Labor Abuses

New York Times
November 9, 2020

Apple said on Monday that it had placed a key assembler of its iPhones on probation after the Taiwanese company was found to have concealed violations of labor rules for…

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Labor and Jobs

Amazon Workers Near Vote on Joining Union at Alabama Warehouse

Up to 30 Million in U.S. Have the Skills to Earn 70% More, Researchers Say

Federal Labor Agency Says Google Wrongly Fired 2 Employees

Amazon Shopping Needs a Prime Army

Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal

Don’t Fear the Robots, and Other Lessons From a Study of the Digital Economy

Apple Suspends iPhone Maker Pegatron Over China Labor Abuses

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