Microsoft agrees to union contract terms involving the use of AI This is the first US instance of collective bargaining in the company’s history. Lawrence Bonk Mon, Dec 11, 2023 Future Publishing via Getty Images Microsoft has agreed to union contract language regarding its use of artificial intelligence, which should give workers a voice … Continue reading Microsoft and CWA Union reach AI agreement
eBay is buying the trading card marketplace TCGplayer for $295 million Amrita Khalid @askhalid eBay is placing a big bet on the booming trading card industry. The company is set to buy TCGplayer — an online marketplace for trading card games — in a deal valued up to $295 million, it announced today. Launched … Continue reading Workers at trading card marketplace TCGplayer form eBay’s first union
Google is laying off 12,000 employees Steve Dent @stevetdent Google parent Alphabet is cutting around 12,000 jobs, or around six percent of its global workforce, it wrote in a company-wide email sent to employees. CEO Sundar Pichai said that he was “deeply sorry” to workers that will be let go and that it was … Continue reading Google workers in Japan have joined a labor union in response to planned layoffs
By Clint Rainey August 24, 2022 Jamie Earl White grew up in a rural Texas town near Uvalde where there was a clear resources divide between “the ranching class and the non-ranching class.” As an MIT student, he took careful notes during Occupy Boston and helped lead the “Justice for Janitors” campaign—a lesson … Continue reading ‘We still have a lot to prove’: VC-backed union startup responds to skepticism around its model
By Samar Marwan August 19, 2022 From coffee houses to newsrooms, workers in just about every industry are moving toward unionizing to improve working conditions and job protection. This week, a more unexpected and disenfranchised group of workers are moving toward unionization: strippers. In mid-March, 15 dancers at the Star Garden Topless … Continue reading Strippers are the latest workers to join the union wave
By Clint Rainey July 27, 2022 Workers behind an unprecedented union drive at Wells Fargo are now trying to enlist congressional allies in their battle. Though employees have been trying to unionize America’s third-largest bank for years, a renewed push began several months ago. This time it’s been galvanized by support from the Committee for … Continue reading Wells Fargo won’t commit to union neutrality, and bank employees are preparing for an ugly fight
By Wilfred Chan June 15, 2022 The tech industry has not been kind to worker organizing. While federal law grants American employees the right to unionize without retaliation, tech giants and video game studios have established a norm in recent years of fighting back hard—often illegally, federal labor investigators allege—against workers who have … Continue reading How Microsoft’s union agreement could shape the rest of the tech industry
Apple Store workers in Atlanta will hold union vote in June The process starts on June 2nd. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic May 3rd, 2022 Brandon Bell via Getty Images Workers at the first US Apple Store to file for a union election will decide whether to unionize next month. According to an agreement obtained by The … Continue reading Apple Store workers in Georgia call off union vote over intimidation claims
Apple Store workers in Atlanta will hold union vote in June The process starts on June 2nd. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic May 3rd, 2022 Brandon Bell via Getty Images Workers at the first US Apple Store to file for a union election will decide whether to unionize next month. According to an agreement obtained by The … Continue reading Apple store near Baltimore becomes third to start union bid
Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse will hold a union election in March The in-person election will take place over six days. K. Holt @krisholt February 16th, 2022 An Amazon truck exits the company’s JFK8 distribution center in Staten Island, New York, U.S. November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid. Brendan McDermid / reuters Amazon workers at … Continue reading Second Amazon warehouse in Staten Island sets union election date
