A letter from current CDC staff recently submitted to Director Robert Redfield demands that the agency address structural racism towards Black employees. Graeme Jennings/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Graeme Jennings/Getty Images A letter from current CDC staff recently submitted to Director Robert Redfield demands that the agency address structural […]
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Amazon has asked all of its employees to remove the TikTok app from their cell phones. The move comes as the US government considers a nationwide ban on the Chinese video app. “Due to security risks, the TikTok app is no longer permitted on mobile devices that access Amazon email,” […]
In a podcast episode published Wednesday, seven Barstool Sports employees of color spent 80 minutes talking around the fact that their boss Dave Portnoy, whose racist videos had gained attention this past weekend, had not apologized publicly or in private to them. Objectively, the discussion was pathetic. Former NFL player […]
Amid a larger cultural reckoning with race following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, employees at the historic American Kennel Club were hoping to join a number of other companies and organizations in making Juneteenth a company holiday. Instead, while the nonprofit’s staff were hard […]
The corporate office of US pizza chain Little Caesars has issued a statement saying it has “zero tolerance for racism and discrimination in any form” and fired the employees responsible for serving customers pizza with pepperoni arranged in the shape of a reversed swastika. Ohio resident Misty Laska took to […]
Elon Musk announced that June 19 – also known as ‘Juneteenth’ – will be treated as a holiday for Tesla and SpaceX workers, quickly earning an outpouring of praise… until people found out the vacation wouldn’t be paid. “Juneteenth is henceforth considered a US holiday at Tesla & SpaceX,” Musk […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107964/73/1079647350_0:170:3172:1954_1200x675_80_0_0_4032276940254ce08a8400cf5228efab.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202006181079647380-400-employees-test-positive-for-coronavirus-at-german-slaughterhouse—video/ Some 400 employees from meat processing company Toennies earlier tested positive for the coronavirus. Live from Rheda-Wiedenbrueck after 400 employees from the meat processing company Toennies tested positive for the coronavirus. The slaughterhouse is located in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck. On Tuesday, 128 workers tested positive. […]
Federal prosecutors on Monday unveiled criminal charges against six former eBay employees for allegedly carrying out a harassment campaign against a Massachusetts couple who run a ecommerce newsletter. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption toggle caption Wilfredo Lee/AP Federal prosecutors on Monday unveiled criminal charges against six former eBay employees for allegedly […]
Transgender activist Aimee Stephens sits in her wheelchair outside the Supreme Court on Oct. 8, 2019, as the court holds oral arguments in cases dealing with workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Transgender activist Aimee Stephens […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107961/24/1079612427_0:0:2902:1633_1200x675_80_0_0_5b7baa897301d2864cfbeac323335f37.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006141079612456-palestinian-government-announces-inability-to-pay-salaries-to-employees/ GAZA (Sputnik) – The Palestinian government cannot pay salaries to its employees, as it did not receive tax deductions from Israel, spokesman Ibrahim Milhim said on Sunday. “The government did not receive tax deductions from Israel. The Palestinian leadership will not be subject […]
Another fashion brand reportedly preaching inclusion online has been called out for its allegedly real-life racist practices. Anthropologie, the retailer owned by Urban Outfitters known for its overly dainty selection of candles and cardigans, has been accused of profiling customers and not paying black content creators for their work. As […]
Images showing FBI staffers taking a knee during heated protests in the nation’s capital have generated intense debate online, with some critics demanding they be fired, arguing the bureau should remain “apolitical.” Around a dozen FBI employees were seen in a pair of photos that circulated on social media on […]
CEO Mark Zuckerberg is under pressure from former and current employees who are frustrated with his lack of action on the president’s posts. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images CEO Mark Zuckerberg is under pressure from former and current employees who are […]
BlockFi said an attacker got hold of users’ data by compromising an employee’s phone and taking control of their phone number through a sim swap attack. The New York-based crypto lending platform announced in a memo to users on Tuesday that a hacker – whose identity remains unknown – gained […]
UK 11:02 GMT 13.05.2020(updated 11:04 GMT 13.05.2020) Get short URL MOSCOW (Sputnik) – UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Wednesday that employees should whistleblow if their employers pressure them to work in violation of the furlough scheme launched by the government to support the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Crypto intelligence firm TokenAnalyst has shut its doors, the company announced Tuesday. The group said in a Medium post it would stop supporting its platform and application programming interface (API), and a flashing note on the company’s website says, “The data on this site does not refresh anymore.” The blog […]