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Amazon Expects Employees To Operate Like Fast-Moving Machines By Michelle Chen and Molly Crabapple, In These Times. October 9, 2020 Amazon Expects Employees To Operate Like Fast-Moving Machines2020-10-092020-10-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/seancarlisle-e1602250564664.jpg200px200px Above image: Molly Crabapple. This Amazon Picker Is Fighting Back. Inspired by his father and grandfather, Sean Carlisle is organizing to win stronger safety measures for his fellow workers. This article is part of a series on Amazon workers […]
Coinbase has lost 60 people from its 1,200-person staff after an updated mission statement from CEO Brian Armstrong sparked fierce debate over how companies should respond to today’s charged politics. In a companywide memo obtained by CoinDesk, Armstrong informed employees that 5% of the company’s workforce had accepted the severance package offered last week. The deadline for employees to signal their interest in the package was […]
Companies can’t become “apolitical” overnight. According to multiple Coinbase workers, the plan to offer a clean exit for mission-dissenting staffers has been in the works for over six months. So far, at least three people in the 1,200-person firm have taken the severance package, one of these sources told CoinDesk on Friday. In the past week, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong published a blog post discouraging politics […]
United Airlines and American Airlines have sent furlough notices to a total of more than 32,000 employees, saying they can’t afford to have them on payroll after Thursday – the expiration date for the federal CARES Act Payroll Support Program. “To our departing 13,000 family members: thank you for your dedication and we look forward to welcoming you back,” United said in a message sent to […]
Coinbase’s CEO has issued a company-wide letter informing employees to get in line with a new cultural shift or take a severance package. Source link
You might call it taking a stand by not taking one. Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, took a strong stance against employee-driven corporate activism over the weekend, explaining that, going forward, his company would be “mission focused.” That means Coinbase will devote all of its attention to achieving the goal creating “infrastructure for the cryptoeconomy,” but will eschew any kind of activism, and won’t take a […]
The authorities in the German capital have introduced a new set of guidelines for public servants to “raise awareness” about Berlin’s diversity. So far, however, the move has only managed to raise eyebrows. Berlin’s public employees, who have already had to be careful about their language for it to be properly “gender neutral,” will now apparently have to learn a whole set of new “diversity sensitive […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump’s restrictive executive order banning the Chinese video-sharing platform, TikTok, in the United States will not prevent the app’s employees from receiving wages or benefits, the US authorities said in a court filing. “The Department of Commerce can state that it does not intend to implement or enforce Executive Order 13942 in a manner which would prohibit the payment of […]
Amazon Posted Job To Monitor Employee’s Efforts To Unionize By Aaron Holmes, Business Insider. September 3, 2020 Amazon Posted Job To Monitor Employee’s Efforts To Unionize2020-09-032020-09-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/5ebcf81f204ad34b6825bee3-e1599099841819.jpg200px200px Above photo: Amazon workers protesting the company’s policies during the coronavirus pandemic on May 1 in Hawthorne, California.Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images. Amazon posted a job listing this week for an “intelligence analyst” tasked with monitoring workers’ efforts to unionize and reporting back […]
A U.S. district judge disagrees with the Trump administration’s argument that U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees are adequately trained to screen asylum claims. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP A U.S. district judge disagrees with the Trump administration’s argument that U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees are adequately trained to screen asylum claims. Eric Gay/AP U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents lack the […]
US Postal Service Employees Ordered Not To Speak To Press By Sarah K. Burris, The New Civil Rights Movement. August 23, 2020 US Postal Service Employees Ordered Not To Speak To Press2020-08-232020-08-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/usps.jpg200px200px Above photo: Shutterstock. While the U.S. Postal Service is under attack, everyone from letter carriers to union chairs and those working behind the doors in processing facilities has sounded the alarm about what they’re […]
Leaked audio from a Goodyear factory meeting reveals even more about the company’s “zero tolerance policy” towards supporting President Donald Trump or police officers, while expressly stating that Black Lives Matter slogans are allowed. On Tuesday, a photo from Goodyear’s diversity training seminar in Kansas leaked, revealing that they have a “zero tolerance” policy for “Make America Great Again,” “All Lives Matter,” and “Blue Lives Matter” […]
A slide has leaked from a Goodyear diversity training which brands “Blue Lives Matter,” “All Lives Matter” and “MAGA” attire “unacceptable,” while deeming Black Lives Matter and LGBT slogans to be “acceptable.” The leaked slide is of their “zero tolerance” policy towards support for police or conservative values. According to a report from WIBW, the person who took the photo of the slide said that it […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Over the last several years, the Indian government has been keeping an eye on miscreants involved in anti-national activities in the country. The government is taking measures to ensure law and order. The Jammu and Kashmir government has initiated a process to terminate the services of employees involved in anti-national activities. Sources in the Jammu and Kashmir authority told Sputnik that between 500 […]
Police were called on Sunday after a St. Louis woman sprayed employees at the Incredible Pizza Company after they asked her to leave for not wearing a face mask. The police issued a summons to the woman for assaulting three workers at the pizza restaurant. Source link
Despite multiple employee deaths from the coronavirus and dozens of positive test results, telecom giant Dish Network Corporation, and one of its prominent subsidiaries Sling TV, have charged ahead with office reopenings with no potential end to the pandemic in sight. As a result, employees are terrified and disillusioned. “If I get the coronavirus because I had to be in the office during the pandemic and […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s bleeding national carrier Air India, had announced a voluntary Leave Without Pay (LWP) scheme for its employees, in view of mounting running costs during the lockdown period. Air India said its operations during the almost five months of lockdown were “a small fraction of the prior COVID level operations”. The Indian Commercial Pilots Association, representative body of pilots with the country’s national […]
Twitter has said that alleged bitcoin scammers targeted some of its employees to get access to “internal systems and tools,” which they then apparently used to hack into a high-profile accounts, such as Joe Biden’s. Noting that it is still investigating the circumstances behind the hack, Twitter said that it has taken “significant steps to limit access to internal systems and tools” which were compromised by […]
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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 racism towards Black employees. Graeme Jennings/Getty Images More than 1,000 current employees at the Centers for […]
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,” read a memo sent to employees on Friday. “If you have TikTok on your device, you […]
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 Willie Colon and Brandon Newman had five of their co-workers on The 2Biggs Podcast for a […]
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 at work that day, they received a brief email: Even as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, […]
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 social media on Sunday to express her displeasure with the “saddening and disturbing” actions of employees […]
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 tweeted on Friday, quickly racking up 225,000 likes and 22,000-plus retweets. Juneteenth is henceforth considered a […]
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. In less than two days, the number of infected has doubled. The district authorities have decided […]
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 carrying out a harassment campaign against a Massachusetts couple who run a ecommerce newsletter. Wilfredo Lee/AP […]
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 sits in her wheelchair outside the Supreme Court on Oct. 8, 2019, as the court holds […]
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 to Israeli blackmail. When the necessary funds for salary payment appear in the Ministry of Finance, […]
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 first reported by the Instagram fashion watchdog account @DietPrada, Anthropologie’s June 1 Instagram post—a Maya Angelou […]
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 Thursday, apparently kneeling in solidarity with those protesting police brutality in Washington, DC and countless other […]
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 frustrated with his lack of action on the president’s posts. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Some […]